A three-year partnership between Perpetual Private and the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society will give NFPs, philanthropists and leaders access to Stanford’s Digital Civil Society Lab.

“NFPs and philanthropists are still coming to terms with what operating in a digital world means for how they work with communities. This includes how we raise and donate – funds for public benefit, how we capture, hold and use data, and what that means for privacy, through to the role of markets and social businesses in our economy,” said Caitriona Fay, Perpetual Private National Manager Philanthropy and Non Profit Services.

“It’s important to ensure the individuals and organisations in this sector are responding to what the digital age means for society.

“Work with Stanford’s lab will help build awareness of digital data governance and management, provide ready-to-use resources for organisations, build distribution and implementation partnerships, create scholarly collaborations, and engage organisations and associations in developing and supporting digital policies.”

Fay said Perpetual will be working with the Australian Scholarships Foundation and Stanford Foundation Australia to provide Australian leaders with an opportunity to feed into this globally significant piece of research and build their capability both in Australia and through Stanford’s Institute of Non-Profit Management in Palo Alto.

The partnership will also include practical workshops for philanthropists, social innovators and NFP Boards and leaders focusing on issues from digital philanthropy through to non-profit leadership in the digital age.

Stanford PACS Executive Director Kim Meredith said, “We are proud to partner with Australia’s largest independent distributor of funds to Australia’s NFP sector.”

“Having worked with major organisations in the philanthropic and NFP sectors across the globe, we’ve seen the importance and value that a sound understanding of the digital landscape can provide,” said Meredith.