News

Community-Centric Fundraising in the news and other media:

• “Bridging Donor-Centric and Community-Centric Approaches with Rachel D’Souza,” Fundraising with Mallory Erickson, April 9, 2024.
• “Real Talk About Community-Centric Fundraising with Maria Rio,” Courageous Communication with Maryanne Dersch, March 29, 2024.
• “How to fix the ugly problems in modern philanthropy,” by Hannah Thomas. Fast Company, August 30, 2023
• “So you want to fund gender-diverse liberation,” by Désirée Nore Duchesne. The Philanthropist Journal, March 28, 2023
• “How Community-Centric Fundraising made me a better fundraiser,” by Carlos García León. Tessitura Network, March 8, 2023
• “Has AI solved the poverty porn dilemma?” by Ian MacQuillin. ThirdSector, January 17, 2023
• “Practicing community centric fundraising with Maria Rio,” from The Small Nonprofit with Cindy Wagman podcast, January 16, 2023
• “Dismantling Philanthropy’s White Savior Complex with Community-Centric Fundraising,” by Elise Peterson. I Care if You Listen, December 20, 2022
• “‘Philanthropy is broken’: How The Stop Community Food Centre is moving away from donor-centric fundraising to prioritize community,” by Maria Rio. Toronto Star, July 8, 2022
• “Community-Centric Fundraising: Moving Towards Equity,” by Liz LeClair. The Charity Report, February 4, 2022.
• “Self-Aware Philanthropy,” by Kristin McMahon. Forbes, January 28, 2022
• “Putting Participants at the Center of Managing and Leading Nonprofits,” by Lehn M. Benjamin. Stanford Social Innovation Review, July 15, 2021
• “Four Predictions for 2021,” Fundraising & Philanthropy, January 19, 2021
• “Undoing racism in Fundraising and Philanthropy,” by Meg Butterworth. South Seattle Emerald, August 17, 2020