This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have developed a breast cancer risk model that could help close a critical gap in identifying the cancer earlier in Black women. In the United States, Black women are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Exponent Philanthropy is proud to launch, Mind the Gap: Exploring the Role of Diversity and Racial Equity in Leanly Staffed Foundations – 2021 Edition. This publication shares our research on leanly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Drs. Beti Thompson and Nancy E. Davidson explain the severe gap between breast outcomes for black women and white women. • What is the role of donors to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) leaders of environmental and climate nonprofits experienced a surge in support from US foundations in response to COVID-19 and the murder of George Floyd. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most recent global energy shock is highlighting how important, and how hard, a well-managed transition to net-zero will be. While company engagement on climate change is rapidly evolving, new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a three part series. Read part one. In recent years, there has been a growing push for nonprofits to move to a participatory feedback model. But what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. October was the month we started to better understand how the 2020 pivot to remote instruction, and the subsequent fight to keep classrooms open amid COVID and the Delta variant,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yes, startups led by Black, Indigenous and people of color-owned need growth capital. But meeting the growth and operating capital needs of established BIPOC businesses is also key to closing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All of us have watched the bouncy-castle known as Ozy deflate and then collapse. But there’s one lesson I hope we don’t take away from this: that Black- and POC-led…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Income share agreements (ISAs) are designed to help students pay for and attend postsecondary education and career training programs. With an ISA, students receive financial support to help cover the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February 2017, when Keia Blount was preparing to be released after serving a five-year prison term at the North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women, she had no idea where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last fall we asked our clients to share the work they’re doing in the areas of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion and, no surprise, they went above and beyond. We are…