Many modern philanthropists are building impact that lasts, though it may not look like the brick-and-mortar projects of ...

Lessons from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis on defending our neighbors and democracy ...

Building power in communities now will protect them from the next threat to democracy. When Operation Metro Surge moved ...

The totality of these interconnected factors is what we call freedom of choice. An analysis of more than 600 cases of ...

But trying to find a more graceful way to say it led me to the heart of what I believe: Giving can be simple. Giving is human ...

In September 2024, an article in The Economist posed a provocative question: Can evidence-based development programs, like those championed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo, scale ...

In response to the pandemic and the inequities it has brought to the surface, a new set of giving practices has been on the rise amongst philanthropists: more partnerships, fewer regulations, faster ...

I have served on several nonprofit boards of directors and written two books about those and other leadership experiences. I've learned that building and sustaining high-functioning governing bodies ...

Funders must commit to making our institutions sites of trust and relationship-building for our grantee partners to realize their mission.

This hidden curriculum exists because survival often depends on it. In my consulting work, supporting grantees as they ...

Employment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in the United States is not equitable. Women, particularly Black and Hispanic women, are underrepresented in many ...

“We’re just trying to survive,” a social enterprise leader told us recently. “We’re doing things here and there with AI but haven’t made sense of it across the organization. I know we need to spend ...