For Young and Emerging Philanthropists

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AGF's Young and Emerging Leaders Affinity Group
A New Student Movement-Graduate applications rise as job uncertainty looms: Article about how many people are shifting careers into the nonprofit sector and are furthering their education by earning a Masters in nonprofit studies/management.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Continuing Education Guide: Provides a listings of institutions offering opportunities to further knowledge in nonprofit/philanthropic studies. This includes graduate schools and distance learning programs and related articles.
Rollins Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership Center: The Philanthropy Center is a program of Rollins College Crummer Graduate School of Business: Founded in 1885, Rollins College has earned a national reputation for academic excellence both at the graduate and undergraduate level. Certificate programs exist for nonprofit managers, staff and volunteers, along with board development and nonprofit governance.
Multicultural Curriculum Guide (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society): This site provides a listing of multicultural philanthropy curriculum guides that can used in both undergraduate and graduate courses. This includes a wide variety of topics, including Women and Philanthropy in the United States, Topics in Black American Philanthropy in the United States Since 1785, Topics in Asian American Philanthropy and Volunteerism, etc.
Generation Next Nonprofit Leadership Academy: The Generation Next Leadership Academy is a cohort of the Valley’s top emerging nonprofit leaders, selected through a competitive process, to participate in a program that provides them the knowledge and tools needed to take on leadership roles within the nonprofit community.
Center for Strategic Philanthropy & Civil Society (Sanford School of Public Policy Duke University: The Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society (CSPCS) researches, analyzes, and promotes philanthropy that consistently produces high impact. CSPCS stimulates communication, collaboration, and problem-solving around pressing issues of public policy and philanthropy.
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University: Advanced degree programs in Philanthropy and nonprofit management, using a unique academic approach through the study of liberal arts.
The Grantmaking School
The first university-based program for teaching the techniques and ethics of advanced grantmaking specifically to foundation grantmaking professionals. Part of the Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (University of New York): The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, part of The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, focuses on giving, volunteerism, and nonprofit entrepreneurship by individual donors, foundations, and corporations in the United States and around the world. The Center serves as a laboratory for developing programs to promote research, education, and public discourse about philanthropy among a wide variety of constituencies.
Philanthropic and Nonprofit Research Bodies (Compiled by Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
An international compilation of research institutes, universities and associations involved in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors.
The Next Generation Task Force
The Next Generation Task Force, part of the Council On Foundations, is made up of 17 philanthropic trustees and professionals, all under age 40. The young philanthropists on The Task Force provide the Council with expertise and guidance to shape future programs and services to maximize the impact of and support for next generation philanthropists and philanthropic leaders.
Trading Power
This site provides resources, interviews, reports, events and news from 15 seasoned and next generation philanthropic executives. Emerging philanthropists can find answers to the questions about a career in philanthropy.
Philanthropy Careers
A Philanthropy Career Search engine created by the Chronicle of Philanthropy that displays current job openings in the philanthropic sector throughout the country.