This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While nearly all foundation leaders reported making changes to their grantmaking efforts in 2020, not all are necessarily planning to sustain those changes, a report from the Center for Effective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May 2021, Howard University, one of the United States’ leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rolled out a major fundraising effort for a new facility and endowment for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The impact of hazard exposures such as stormwater runoff is rarely evenly felt across a community. Neighborhoods of color, particularly of low-wealth, will often face worse stormwater problems especially in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is well-known that African Americans suffer from higher rates of heart disease than their fellow citizens. There is significant, if not conclusive, evidence that racism-driven stress is a likely factor. Hopeful new research suggests schools can…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Families are the foundation of our society, and every family deserves the opportunity for a healthy start. But the reality is that stark birth inequities prevent many from a chance…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been about 50 years since we graduated from college — Scripps College class of ’71 and Miami University of Ohio class of ’74. We’ve both spent our adult lives…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Asian American population in the US has increased significantly, from 3.6 million in 1980 to 18.8 million in 2019, and it is projected to account for 9.1 percent of the…
Sometimes philanthropists — even the most well-intentioned ones — can “capture” the social movements they fund and then steer grassroots organizations and activists away from their original missions. We explore…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Oct. 28, President Joe Biden presented his Build Back Better Framework (BBB), a guide for legislative language for several proposals in his $1.75 trillion spending plan. Collectively, the proposal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before we had kids, my husband and I (Tina) lived in a one-bedroom, rent-controlled apartment in Washington, DC. After a few months, our heating bill started to be unreasonably high—much…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2011, two of us, John Kania and Mark Kramer, published an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review entitled “Collective Impact.” It quickly became the most downloaded article in the magazine’s history.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food insecurity is defined as a limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate food. The research also shows that veterans with medical and trauma-related conditions, as well as unmet social…