The Map of Possibility: Philanthropy is a crowdsourced imagination and storytelling initiative being conducted by Ignited Word LLC, along with interested partners and sponsors. By aggregating examples of where change is already happening—and what future philanthropy could look like—its primary purpose will be to inspire a shift in U.S. philanthropy towards a daring and smartly-deployed largesse and a justice-centric partnership with civil society. 

An issue that we encounter frequently in our work is that while imagination is understood to be vital for seeding innovation and society-changing narratives, there is little hands-on support available for rigorous learning-and-imagination work. As such, the map will be brought to life through a series of facilitated dialogues for funders, philanthropy networks, philanthropy effectiveness organizations, and kindred organizations. It can be thought of as a sort of traveling interactive exhibit, though it also lives right here.