This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dear Donor, As the year winds down, I know you are getting inundated with appeal letters from dozens of nonprofits. This letter is one of them. Just like other missions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public health officials and outside experts warned the federal government for years before the coronavirus pandemic that the US was not focusing enough on public health prevention. They were proven right. Now…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit, Forbes announced from the stage the STOP Award, a new $1 million prize open to education innovators, providers and entrepreneurs who continued to support underserved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Sustainable Development Goals are off track. The prospects of the SDGs being realized by 2030 are bleak. The rapid pace of consistent decline in poverty and hunger until 2015…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to Guidestar there are approximately 1.8 million recognized 501(c)3 organizations based in the United States. The Stanford Social Innovation Review notes these organizations account for 5-10 percent of the United States’ economy and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With climate and social sustainability clearly shifting from a niche in the market to a significant driving force, graduates of sustainability programs are being entrusted with significant roles in companies across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Independent Sector’s Visiting Scholar, I have the unique opportunity to bridge the practitioner and academic spheres of the nonprofit sector. Recently, I observed the need for reliable nonprofit data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October’s UN Sustainable Development Goal of the Month recognizes Goal 2: Zero Hunger. “Zero Hunger” speaks to the multi-dimensional approach needed to tackle food insecurity – from increasing access to healthy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The media has often dubbed South Korea “Plastic Korea” or “Trash Kingdom” due to the notorious amounts of plastic waste it generates. The country’s annual plastic waste per capita is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s a growing push for pay transparency in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. For those unfamiliar with the concept, pay transparency includes both radical openness about compensation ranges within…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Program officers have a tremendous influence on their grantee’s happiness. CEP’s seminal report on the importance of relationships between program officers and grantees documents that program officers can be a more important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlighted that we need to end carbon emissions by 2050 to keep global average temperature rise below 1.5°C. Even before the United Nations…