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In this episode we look ahead to 2025, and offer our annual set of predictions-that-aren't-really-predictions-but-more-like-thoughts-about-interesting-trends. This year we consider:
- UK Grantmaking on pause
- Implementing policies to boost giving
- Debate over tax relief for charitable giving
- US foundations under populist attack
- Next Gen philanthropy and new models
- Continued growth of DAFs
- Closing space for civil society in the US and beyond
- More UK charities to close
- Rebalancing head and heart in philanthropy
- Population debates, pronatalism and philanthropy
- The platformisation of giving
- OpenAI and the blurred lines between profit and purpose
- The final death of X
- Social media influencers and the impatience economy
- De-teching and the importance of real-life experiences
- The resurgence of crypto
- Wearables on the rise, and AR/VR finally goes mainstream
- AI ambivalence and the rise of AI slop
- Are LLMs a dead end?
- GenAI and the erosion of authenticity.
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