For the Love of Humanity
@fortheloveofhumanity.community
Community for those who’d like to see “philanthropy" be less of the industry it has become and return to its roots: love of humanity. Subscribe and join us on Substack! https://www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/
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Hi! 👋🏻 Brand-new here! We're celebrating our ONE-YEAR BIRTHIVERSARY on Substack, so it seemed like a good time to expand and grow to places like BlueSky.
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
The Winter Solstice — the longest night and shortest day of the year — is today, and I'm thinking about darkness.
I'm thinking about how our dominant culture tends to speak disparagingly about, and even fear, darkness.
I'm thinking about how our dominant culture tends to speak disparagingly about, and even fear, darkness.
December 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Winter Solstice — the longest night and shortest day of the year — is today, and I'm thinking about darkness.
I'm thinking about how our dominant culture tends to speak disparagingly about, and even fear, darkness.
I'm thinking about how our dominant culture tends to speak disparagingly about, and even fear, darkness.
Today is #GiveToTheMaxDay here in Minnesota. A HUGE day for fundraising. Tens of millions will be raised by the end of the day. 🔥
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-commun...
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-commun...
The Community Care Collective: A Taste
A moment for rest, respite, community care amidst the busy, stressful year-end season. A taste of the Community Care Collective to come.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Today is #GiveToTheMaxDay here in Minnesota. A HUGE day for fundraising. Tens of millions will be raised by the end of the day. 🔥
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-commun...
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-commun...
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Today is #GiveToTheMaxDay here in Minnesota. A HUGE day for fundraising. Tens of millions will be raised by the end of the day. 🔥
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
The Community Care Collective: A Taste
A moment for rest, respite, community care amidst the busy, stressful year-end season. A taste of the Community Care Collective to come.
www.eventbrite.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today is #GiveToTheMaxDay here in Minnesota. A HUGE day for fundraising. Tens of millions will be raised by the end of the day. 🔥
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
All of my nonprofit fundraising comrades are working their tails off today.
In the latest episode of the For the Love of Humanity Podcast, we explore troubling realities within the nonprofit sector.
Through a series of real-life stories, we highlight how far many organizations have strayed from their noble missions of community care.
Through a series of real-life stories, we highlight how far many organizations have strayed from their noble missions of community care.
October 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In the latest episode of the For the Love of Humanity Podcast, we explore troubling realities within the nonprofit sector.
Through a series of real-life stories, we highlight how far many organizations have strayed from their noble missions of community care.
Through a series of real-life stories, we highlight how far many organizations have strayed from their noble missions of community care.
When I got sick, my people showed up.
So many signed up for our Meal Train — many providing multiple meals for us throughout the course of my treatments.
I also asked for volunteers to go on walks with me, to keep me both active and connected. A number of people chose that one.
So many signed up for our Meal Train — many providing multiple meals for us throughout the course of my treatments.
I also asked for volunteers to go on walks with me, to keep me both active and connected. A number of people chose that one.
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
When I got sick, my people showed up.
So many signed up for our Meal Train — many providing multiple meals for us throughout the course of my treatments.
I also asked for volunteers to go on walks with me, to keep me both active and connected. A number of people chose that one.
So many signed up for our Meal Train — many providing multiple meals for us throughout the course of my treatments.
I also asked for volunteers to go on walks with me, to keep me both active and connected. A number of people chose that one.
These things often dawn on you slowly.
At first, on Wednesday morning, I saw an alert come through on Nextdoor, about an active shooter situation nearby.
Odd. Unusual.
False alarm?
Sometimes those happen.
Surely that was it.
At first, on Wednesday morning, I saw an alert come through on Nextdoor, about an active shooter situation nearby.
Odd. Unusual.
False alarm?
Sometimes those happen.
Surely that was it.
August 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
These things often dawn on you slowly.
At first, on Wednesday morning, I saw an alert come through on Nextdoor, about an active shooter situation nearby.
Odd. Unusual.
False alarm?
Sometimes those happen.
Surely that was it.
At first, on Wednesday morning, I saw an alert come through on Nextdoor, about an active shooter situation nearby.
Odd. Unusual.
False alarm?
Sometimes those happen.
Surely that was it.
Hey again, friends! Thanks for following us... and for engaging with our content here! We're grateful to have you in our community.
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This series of images is drawn from our post on Substack: "If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work"?
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This series of images is drawn from our post on Substack: "If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work"?
August 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hey again, friends! Thanks for following us... and for engaging with our content here! We're grateful to have you in our community.
💗🙏🏻💗
This series of images is drawn from our post on Substack: "If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work"?
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This series of images is drawn from our post on Substack: "If I'm a Fundraiser, Why Do I Need to Do Inner Work"?
Hello, friends! This quote/image is drawn from one of our Loveletters in our Substack publication, called "Ignite Your Light." Head here to read the whole piece... and then comment to let us know what resonated with you: www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/ignite-you...
August 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hello, friends! This quote/image is drawn from one of our Loveletters in our Substack publication, called "Ignite Your Light." Head here to read the whole piece... and then comment to let us know what resonated with you: www.fortheloveofhumanity.community/p/ignite-you...
Friends, this series of images is drawn from a piece in our Substack publication called "Our Fragile, Fragile World."
You can follow the link here to find it, if you'd like to read the whole thing. Please do!
And don't forget to "Subscribe" while you're there, too!
You can follow the link here to find it, if you'd like to read the whole thing. Please do!
And don't forget to "Subscribe" while you're there, too!
August 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Friends, this series of images is drawn from a piece in our Substack publication called "Our Fragile, Fragile World."
You can follow the link here to find it, if you'd like to read the whole thing. Please do!
And don't forget to "Subscribe" while you're there, too!
You can follow the link here to find it, if you'd like to read the whole thing. Please do!
And don't forget to "Subscribe" while you're there, too!
In my more-than-a-decade-and-a-half of professional fundraising, I’ve lost count of the number of people who have told me that fundraising feels “yucky” to them. I’ve heard many different reasons why.
July 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In my more-than-a-decade-and-a-half of professional fundraising, I’ve lost count of the number of people who have told me that fundraising feels “yucky” to them. I’ve heard many different reasons why.
Friends, we don’t need to do more.
So many of us are stuck in a feedback loop, one where we constantly feel like we are not-enough… so we feel like we need to do more… in order to be enough… or at least acceptable… or even just OK.
Our entire foundation is thus insecure.
So many of us are stuck in a feedback loop, one where we constantly feel like we are not-enough… so we feel like we need to do more… in order to be enough… or at least acceptable… or even just OK.
Our entire foundation is thus insecure.
July 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Friends, we don’t need to do more.
So many of us are stuck in a feedback loop, one where we constantly feel like we are not-enough… so we feel like we need to do more… in order to be enough… or at least acceptable… or even just OK.
Our entire foundation is thus insecure.
So many of us are stuck in a feedback loop, one where we constantly feel like we are not-enough… so we feel like we need to do more… in order to be enough… or at least acceptable… or even just OK.
Our entire foundation is thus insecure.
This post is a throwback to one of our most popular essays on Substack (linked below):
"Weaving the Fabric Back Together."
We wrote this right after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when the outcome seriously threatened everything we who do community work stand for.
"Weaving the Fabric Back Together."
We wrote this right after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when the outcome seriously threatened everything we who do community work stand for.
July 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This post is a throwback to one of our most popular essays on Substack (linked below):
"Weaving the Fabric Back Together."
We wrote this right after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when the outcome seriously threatened everything we who do community work stand for.
"Weaving the Fabric Back Together."
We wrote this right after the 2024 U.S. presidential election, when the outcome seriously threatened everything we who do community work stand for.
Check out Ep 02, just released on 7/11, with this title: The Nonprofit Industrial Complex Must Be Composted.
SO many of its themes are central to what we're ALL about.
Definitely give it a listen... either at the link below... or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
SO many of its themes are central to what we're ALL about.
Definitely give it a listen... either at the link below... or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
July 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Check out Ep 02, just released on 7/11, with this title: The Nonprofit Industrial Complex Must Be Composted.
SO many of its themes are central to what we're ALL about.
Definitely give it a listen... either at the link below... or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
SO many of its themes are central to what we're ALL about.
Definitely give it a listen... either at the link below... or wherever you listen to your podcasts.
Amen.
Weekend warrior culture assumes you have unlimited energy to 'maximize' your free time. What if your weekend is for recovery from the week, not preparation for the next one? Rest is productive too.
July 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Amen.
Community is the way.
Community is the destination... AND it is the journey.
If those of us in the work of philanthropy want to get where our hearts yearn to be (to justice, to healing, to joy, to solidarity, to a place where we know that we and all of our fellow human beings matter...
Community is the destination... AND it is the journey.
If those of us in the work of philanthropy want to get where our hearts yearn to be (to justice, to healing, to joy, to solidarity, to a place where we know that we and all of our fellow human beings matter...
July 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Community is the way.
Community is the destination... AND it is the journey.
If those of us in the work of philanthropy want to get where our hearts yearn to be (to justice, to healing, to joy, to solidarity, to a place where we know that we and all of our fellow human beings matter...
Community is the destination... AND it is the journey.
If those of us in the work of philanthropy want to get where our hearts yearn to be (to justice, to healing, to joy, to solidarity, to a place where we know that we and all of our fellow human beings matter...
This American Independence Day feels like a complicated day for many of us Americans today.
Just after Juneteenth (another freedom holiday here)... and anticipating the 4th of July approaching, I wrote some reflections on freedom in our country.
Check it out, and let me know your thoughts too:
Just after Juneteenth (another freedom holiday here)... and anticipating the 4th of July approaching, I wrote some reflections on freedom in our country.
Check it out, and let me know your thoughts too:
If We Want to Be Free, We Need This
... and we need to start talking about it too
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July 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This American Independence Day feels like a complicated day for many of us Americans today.
Just after Juneteenth (another freedom holiday here)... and anticipating the 4th of July approaching, I wrote some reflections on freedom in our country.
Check it out, and let me know your thoughts too:
Just after Juneteenth (another freedom holiday here)... and anticipating the 4th of July approaching, I wrote some reflections on freedom in our country.
Check it out, and let me know your thoughts too:
Hiya! 👋🏻 We're brand-new here and would LOVE to build our following. So....
Do you care about....
- creating a better world?
- loving and caring for your fellow humans?
- growing community?
- seeking justice and equity?
- inclusion and belonging?
You're our peeps.
Hit that "Follow" button!
Do you care about....
- creating a better world?
- loving and caring for your fellow humans?
- growing community?
- seeking justice and equity?
- inclusion and belonging?
You're our peeps.
Hit that "Follow" button!
July 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Hiya! 👋🏻 We're brand-new here and would LOVE to build our following. So....
Do you care about....
- creating a better world?
- loving and caring for your fellow humans?
- growing community?
- seeking justice and equity?
- inclusion and belonging?
You're our peeps.
Hit that "Follow" button!
Do you care about....
- creating a better world?
- loving and caring for your fellow humans?
- growing community?
- seeking justice and equity?
- inclusion and belonging?
You're our peeps.
Hit that "Follow" button!
We are still not OK, here in Minnesota. And we here at For the Love of Humanity are resolute in this truth: our politics cannot be violent. Even more, we believe our politics should be centered on care for each other.
July 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We are still not OK, here in Minnesota. And we here at For the Love of Humanity are resolute in this truth: our politics cannot be violent. Even more, we believe our politics should be centered on care for each other.
A curation of fire Instagram posts. 🔥 Freedom lessons from Juneteenth. 🇺🇸 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. 📖
And reflections like this one, in prep for Americans' next "freedom holiday," the 4th of July:
And reflections like this one, in prep for Americans' next "freedom holiday," the 4th of July:
June 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A curation of fire Instagram posts. 🔥 Freedom lessons from Juneteenth. 🇺🇸 The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas. 📖
And reflections like this one, in prep for Americans' next "freedom holiday," the 4th of July:
And reflections like this one, in prep for Americans' next "freedom holiday," the 4th of July:
This is the story of the first five-figure gift I ever raised, as a fundraiser.
I was meeting this donor for the first time.
He was an older white man, and I knew he was very wealthy — two things that would usually make a young, not-wealthy woman like me feel lesser-than...
I was meeting this donor for the first time.
He was an older white man, and I knew he was very wealthy — two things that would usually make a young, not-wealthy woman like me feel lesser-than...
June 8, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This is the story of the first five-figure gift I ever raised, as a fundraiser.
I was meeting this donor for the first time.
He was an older white man, and I knew he was very wealthy — two things that would usually make a young, not-wealthy woman like me feel lesser-than...
I was meeting this donor for the first time.
He was an older white man, and I knew he was very wealthy — two things that would usually make a young, not-wealthy woman like me feel lesser-than...
Hi! 👋🏻 Brand-new here! We're celebrating our ONE-YEAR BIRTHIVERSARY on Substack, so it seemed like a good time to expand and grow to places like BlueSky.
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
June 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Hi! 👋🏻 Brand-new here! We're celebrating our ONE-YEAR BIRTHIVERSARY on Substack, so it seemed like a good time to expand and grow to places like BlueSky.
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
We care about...
#philanthropy
#nonprofits
#justice
#solidarity
#beinghuman
... and other things like that.
Who else should we follow here?!
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Look who's joined Blue Sky!
@fortheloveofhumanity.community!
Follow along for reflections on our shared humanity, especially in these most inhumane times....
@fortheloveofhumanity.community!
Follow along for reflections on our shared humanity, especially in these most inhumane times....
June 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Look who's joined Blue Sky!
@fortheloveofhumanity.community!
Follow along for reflections on our shared humanity, especially in these most inhumane times....
@fortheloveofhumanity.community!
Follow along for reflections on our shared humanity, especially in these most inhumane times....