This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2011, when we began what would eventually become Coefficient Giving, we set out to explore a big question: If someone had billions of dollars to give, what should they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although advertising revenue largely sustained the news media in the 20th century, it’s been harder to come by in the digital age. News media outlets just aren’t as important these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Are corporations taking a backseat in their global development goals? The short answer is yes, but ending hunger globally and other life-saving development goals remain no less important. Witness the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After more than a year of ongoing side discussions about philanthropy in Japan, the International House of Japan (IHJ), United States-Japan Foundation, American Friends of the International House of Japan…
Beyond-the-check support going beyond grantmaking is a core practice within trust-based philanthropy. Yet the question of how to do it — creatively, strategically, and with care — often goes unanswered. From 2019…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s budgeting in a downturn—and then there’s budgeting in a political maelstrom. Since January, the Trump administration and its allies in Congress have moved quickly and deliberately to implement a…
Eight people showed up for a zoom call in February of 2023, some of them longtime friends and co-conspirators, others strangers. All shared a commitment to serve on the inaugural…
Capital, like water, flows through the path of least resistance—but for businesses in overlooked areas, that path is often clogged. Local government leaders play a critical role in directing capital…
Last week, I was in Toronto facilitating a conversation on equitable grantmaking with a group of brilliant colleagues, including several funders and impact investment leaders. During the rise of authoritarianism,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When young entrepreneurs in Iraq started a movement in 2013 to build a new startup ecosystem, they aimed to reinvent the troubled country’s economy. But as funding for their activities…
We are living in reactionary times. For many funders and organizers, what once felt like steady, if hard, progress on economic and social justice goals now feels more like a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For most nonprofits, “nimble” is the name of the game. Organizations of all kinds face challenges and calls for change periodically, and it is those groups most able to think…