Tony Macklin
tonymacklin1.bsky.social
Tony Macklin
@tonymacklin1.bsky.social
Philanthropy advisor, philanthropist, philanthropy geek. Works at the intersection of meaningful giving & community results.
The program helps those professionals - and #philanthropy advisors and staff - improve their social impact services for clients and donors.
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Daylight's Impact Philanthropy Advisor program offers CEs to professionals with these designations: CFP CWPA CIMA CFRE CSPG CAP RMA

Check out a free info session on Sep. 9 or Oct. 9 to learn how to join the upcoming October and January cohorts! www.daylightadvisors.com/ipa-info-ses...
September 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Families have many decisions to navigate when they give together. No matter where a family is in its giving journey—just starting out or building on generations of experience—the new NCFP Family Giving Lifecycle primers offer invaluable guidance.

www.ncfp.org/knowledge-ce...
#philanthropy
August 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The field of #philanthropy #advising, #consulting, & #planning is evolving & growing. But potential clients and employers have a tough time navigating it.

@daylightadvisors.bsky.social with support from LaCire, has developed a new draft Philanthropic Advisor Competency Model.
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm excited that 60 more people recently obtained the @daylightadvisors.bsky.social Impact Philanthropy Advisor certification. They're a mix of wealth advisors, attorneys, gift planners, family office staff, foundation staff, and philanthropic consultants.
June 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Kudos to Impact Finance Center and Gilson Family Foundation for releasing this new, free comparison report about 11 highly-experienced intermediaries.

impactfinancecenter.org/intermediary/
April 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Also, still time to sign up for the April and July cohorts of @daylightadvisors.bsky.social Impact Philanthropy Advisor certification. www.daylightadvisors.com/impact-phila...
March 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Does your #philanthropic #family want to move from conversation to implementation of #impactinvesting strategies? There's still time to apply for an NCFP learning & action cohort. www.ncfp.org/event/applic...
March 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
70+ people recently became Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisors through @daylightadvisors.bsky.social. Want to learn how IPA can upskill your #philanthropy #socialimpact #advising conversations & earn you CEs as a CFP, CPWA, CAP, CPGS, CFRE, CIMA, or RMA? Links to new info sessions below
March 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The @daylightadvisors.bsky.social Impact Philanthropy Advisor certificate is an important step in preparing advisors for those opportunities. I'm proud to be one of the first 76 to earn the certificate.
#philanthropicadvising #philanthropyadvisors #impactphilanthropyadvisor #philanthropicplanning
March 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
For instance, some data from Pennsylvania.
February 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@urbaninstitute.bsky.social launched an interactive tool for #nonprofit #advocacy: Find the # of charities that receive government grants by county, congressional district, size & subsector of charity at www.urban.org/research/pub...
February 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sobering data every year in the 2025 Edelman #Trust Barometer:
* U.S. residents continue to trust businesses more than #nonprofits
* The level of trust in nonprofits declined slightly 2024-25 and is seen as "neutral" rather than "trusting."

More data at www.edelman.com/trust/2025/t...
February 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
And OMB has now backtracked and rescinded the order.
January 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
11! 11 Trends in #Philanthropy for 2025, ah ah ah....
Always a good read from the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. (No actual puppets involved as far as I know)

johnsoncenter.org/blog/11-tren...
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Philanthropy can – and should – be every advisor’s business. In this 1/22 webinar TIFINGive & @daylightadvisors.bsky.social will explore how technology & education empower advisors to integrate #philanthropy into their services confidently.
campaign.tifingive.com/philanthropy...
January 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
2) They tracked the mean rates of granting from DAFs to other DAFs (Figure 6). Those grants are normally included when DAF sponsors report their payout rates.
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
1) They confirmed that DAFs are far more likely to receive gifts of non-cash assets (Figure 3).
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM