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READ THE TRANSCRIPT Welcome to a very special final episode of Season Four! In this episode, you’ll learn how one foundation built the internal political will to make internal reforms so they can provide grants that better serve their grantees and their communities. Host Rusty Stahl sits down with Kenneth…

LISC and Enterprise Community Partners have released a joint white paper that catalogs how CDFIs have engaged with the capital markets in recent years. In an accompanying blog, the authors explain why this data is so critical, as economic pressure affects the availability and cost of capital for…

Over the last decade or so, human rights organizations, democracy activists, journalists, and civil society groups around the world have faced increasing constraints on their work. Legal and administrative barriers imposed by…

The line between climate action and financial performance is blurring quickly. Corporations are increasingly relying on new technologies to navigate, filter and create data to better execute ESG obligations and ambitions.…

The 2020s will be a crucial decade for development and climate. Beyond the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development targets, investment strategies and financing requirements need to anticipate the historic demographic…

Money is a constant topic of conversation among nonprofit leaders: How much do we need? Where can we find it? Why isn’t there more of it? In tough economic times,…

In one of the world’s most gender-equal societies, private equity has once again been outed as a surprisingly stubborn bastion of male dominance. Just 19% of board seats at portfolio companies…

“How do we ensure that global philanthropy is not causing more harm?” said Kendra Nicolai, Director of Operations at Shadhika, for Community Centric Fundraising.”As a white woman in the US, working for gender justice in India, the key was discovering how my own power and privilege were getting in…

Through unrestricted funding, nonprofits receive the support they need to sustain their mission in the face of uncertainty.

Vol. 14, Issue 4 of The Foundation Review focuses on impact investing, sharing lessons learned from practitioners and advocates in the field.

Too many companies lack a clear purpose. Here’s why they must change.

Seven things nonprofit executives can begin saying to set boundaries with funders and say no without consequences.