By: Valaida Fullwood, Award-Winning Author of Giving Back “We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.”- Gwendolyn Brooks, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and first Black woman to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate Twenty years ago, I joined with 16 other Charlotte, North Carolina residents to establish a […]

By: Kaky McGinness Grant, Founder and Principal Dolly Parton broke the mold. In everything she did, she brought her own flair and humor to it.  Singer, song writer, actor, philanthropist, feminist, proud East Tennessean. Of all of her roles she played in her 80 years, Dolly’s role as a philanthropist is arguably the most profound.  […]

By: Leslie Gross, Senior Advisor On isolation, being burned, and why the most powerful thing in philanthropy might be a room where you can admit you were wrong Here’s something that rarely gets said in philanthropic settings. This work can be profoundly lonely. The kind of lonely that comes from being surrounded by people and […]

By: Darcy Addison, Partner and Advisor In the world of philanthropic advising, our value is often measured by the intricacy of our spreadsheets or the rigor of our due diligence. But at Grant Philanthropic Advisors, we know that the real “secret sauce” of our work isn’t found in a database – it’s found while being […]

By: Olivia R. Zale, Advisor For my first blog post for Grant Philanthropic Advisors (GPA), it felt fitting to write about a formative experience at the beginning of my personal philanthropic journey, one that I regularly cite as the catalyst that jumpstarted my past 16 years of involvement with the M.B. and Edna Zale Foundation. […]

By: The GPA Team A client came to us recently to better understand their giving history and use it to develop a strategy for future giving. When we took a look at the data together, it told a clear story. Nearly all of their giving—thoughtful, consistent, and deeply personal—was concentrated in arts and cultural organizations. […]

Why imposter syndrome is philanthropy’s most expensive hidden cost, and why Gen X women pay the steepest price By: Senior Advisor, Leslie Gross A $124 trillion wealth transfer is already in motion. That sum will move across generations over the next 25 years: the largest in recorded history. A meaningful share will flow through family […]

By: Kaky McGinness Grant, Founder and Principal “Don’t think about making women fit the world — think about making the world fit women.” – Gloria Steinem As we mark Women’s History Month this month, we find ourselves at a remarkable vantage point as many of our clients are women-led philanthropic efforts. In our work at […]