Certificates

Rebecca Darwent is a global philanthropic advisor and a champion of collaborative giving. Her viral TED Talk, “How to Fund Real Change in Your Community,” highlights the transformative power of community-led philanthropy. In 2020, Rebecca co-founded the Foundation for Black Communities (FFBC), where she led fundraising, community engagement, and advocacy efforts, resulting in a historic $200 million capital transfer from the Canadian government and an additional $25 million from philanthropic partners. Through her philanthropic advisory firm, Rebecca Darwent Global, she partners with foundations and individual donors committed to community-led and collaborative giving.

Isis Krause is a facilitator, impact strategist, and experience designer devoted to advancing a more collective and inclusive vision for philanthropy. Through participatory design, she has led strategic planning and growth for dozens of organizations and designed over 250 convenings all around the world, including at the White House, Gates Foundation, and TED. In 2018, Isis led a yearlong co-design process that birthed Philanthropy Together—a field catalyst for collective giving. As their fractional Chief Strategy Officer, she expands Philanthropy Together’s vision and impact, builds partnerships, and creates programming.

Kimberly Dasher Tripp is Founder and Principal of Strategy for Scale where she works with donors as a philanthropic advisor, conducts research on philanthropic practice and trends, and works with partners to launch new efforts to activate philanthropic capital. She is particularly interested in new approaches to high impact philanthropy, on the hunt for the best models to accelerate systems change, and endlessly curious about the sector. She led the consulting team that designed a new kind of intelligence service called Redwoods that is specifically built for donor advisors and philanthropic intermediaries to find excellent funding opportunities in climate.

Tony Macklin leads the development of new education programs and field-building projects as Daylight’s Director of Advisor Practice. He is a philanthropist, philanthropoid, and philanthropy geek. Tony enjoys working at the intersection of meaningful giving and community results, specifically connecting older, established forms of philanthropy with emerging trends and experiments. Tony helps donors, families, grantmakers, and their advisors and associations answer questions about shared purpose, use of resources for social impact, governance, strategy, and assessment. He is a frequent speaker, trainer, and author.