Challenge yourself to spot where past attitudes, beliefs, and logics shape your present reality in relationship to institutional philanthropy and/or your own giving behaviours. Download the timeline posters, and ask yourself the following questions:
What's similar or different about your context from each of the historical periods highlighted on the posters and in the podcast?- In your context, who gives? What are the sources of donors' wealth? If you yourself give, where do your resources come from?
- In your context, who receives? How are people on the receiving end of philanthropy selected and seen? If you personally give, how do you decide who you give to? What language is used to describe recipients' needs?
- In your context, what is the nature of the relationship between givers and receivers? If you personally give, in what ways are you in relationship with recipients? Is it a direct or mediated relationship?
