The Nonprofit Support Group is thrilled to announce the launch of an exciting new series that convenes Nonprofit leaders, Intermediaries and Funders with the goal of learning and innovating together to develop a transformative shared vision for the communities in which we live and work. The series will offer multiple sessions exploring nonprofit sector innovations, and it is our hope that you find these sessions both thought provoking and actionable. Creating systems that work for all requires us to work together and to be receptive to changing the status quo. We aspire to cultivate a space to build relationships and sustain collective conversations.
The first event will be held on Tuesday, October 15 from 2:30pm-6:00pm at Kleinhans Music Call located at 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201. This event will feature Dan Pallotta, a pioneer in the global effort to transform the way our culture evaluates the character and impact of nonprofit organizations. Ahead of the event, we invite you to watch the movie, Uncharitable, based on Dan Pallotta’s book “Uncharitable.” After a conversation with Dan, we will invite nonprofit leaders and funders to dialogue about our shared roles in creating the world we want to live in followed by a networking reception.
ABOUT THE FILM
What if everything we’ve been taught about charity is wrong? What if our beliefs are undermining the causes we love? “Uncharitable” is the world’s first feature-length documentary to examine our most basic ideas about giving. It re-shuffles old notions about saints and sinners, heroes and heretics, good and greed. It follows the stories of three record-breaking entrepreneurial charitable initiatives that were mercilessly attacked by the media, ultimately devastating the very people the initiatives were helping. It features activist and entrepreneur Dan Pallotta, whose TED Talk on charity was voted the most persuasive TED talk of all time by the TED community.
Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal—“Uncharitable” offers a radical but simple idea: abandon our sack-cloth-and-ashes constraints on nonprofits. Give them the same economic freedoms we give to business and charities can lead the way to changing the world. Propelled by poignant, personal stories and featuring Edward Norton, Darren Walker and other prominent figures in philanthropy, “Uncharitable” takes audiences on a profoundly moving, hopeful and emotional journey that opens new domains of possibility for a world that can work for everyone.
