Daylight

Revealing greater impact.

Philanthropic Advisors Professional Development Knowledge PracticeGaps

U.S.Philanthropic Advisors 2024:
Professional Development, Practice, and Knowledge Gaps

Daylight is pleased to share the results of our survey.

Daylight is a global home for learning, practice, and research.

Amidst an historic intergenerational transfer of wealth, rising needs, and interest in philanthropy, now is the time to reinvigorate and elevate the practice of impact advising. We do that by helping advisors build their competence, confidence, and cultural dexterity.

Empower
practitioners with contemporary, accessible learning opportunities, and launch the first accelerator for BIPOC philanthropic advisor-entrepreneurs.

Connect
advisors, and organize and elevate this segment of the profession.

Understand
the sector better with new research on philanthropic influence.

Boost
the capacity of social justice organizations, as well as advisors, with specialized expertise and services.

TEAM

The Daylight team

A hub for learning, sharing, and connection, Daylight is led by Dien Yuen, a global leader in philanthropy services, education, and wealth management. The team includes experts in social entrepreneurship, research, gift planning, purpose, impact investing, and more. Learn more.

Advisors help activate the social impact of families and institutions – and there’s so much more we can do.

Advisors bring the ideas and goals of families and institutions to life. Whether a specialist, wealth manager, accountant, attorney, gift planner, or life coach, advisors are essential for enabling many types of social impact and maximizing its value. Yet amidst the opportunity of today, and imperatives such as systemic racism and climate change, three shortages hold the sector back: we don’t have enough advisors fluent in philanthropy, they are not diverse enough, and we need modern, scalable knowledge and skills to drive sustainable, equitable change.

Why Daylight?

We believe in open design and spaces and in illuminating blind spots. Of surfacing obscured resources and just finding inspiration with good company outside. What might Daylight be to you?