Human Services (Other)

Meet Dorothy Roberts, a 2024 MacArthur Fellow, whose groundbreaking efforts to address racial inequities in the child welfare system and transform child welfare for racial justice have earned her the prestigious…

A variety of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs could use immediate attention from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and public housing and other supply-side housing subsidies are high…

Millions displaced by global conflicts. Communities reeling from unseasonably strong natural disasters. Lives upended due to healthcare inequalities. In the middle of these crises are established nonprofits, everyday individuals and…

Personally identifiable data in humanitarian contexts is like nuclear fuel – it has immense power to do good, enabling us to reach millions with life-saving aid, but it’s inherently dangerous.…

Community organizations, schools, and parks in 20 cities and towns across the country are using $1.7 million in new grants from The DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation to improve sports facilities…

There is no doubt that the world is currently experiencing multiple, complex, and protracted crises. These crises have led to increasingly intense and complicated demands on both philanthropy and the…

Access to clean, running water is the promise that unlocks the American Dream. Water is the foundation that allows us to build our lives, pursue our passions, contribute to our…

A new coffee stand called the Coffee Corner at our Brooklyn Justice Initiatives office is bringing humanity to the legal process by giving people involved in the justice system a chance…

Six years ago, amid the cotton fields of South Carolina, a stabbing spiraled into America’s deadliest prison riot in a generation. The next morning, it fell to a prisoner at…

From following strict dress codes to being frisked, visiting family in prison at New Jersey State Prison has always been a headache. But lingering COVID-19 restrictions have created a whole…

If we warmly welcome refugees and migrants into our communities, we can transform lives and create a better reality.

Desperate Afghans clinging to the sides of a US military aircraft taking off at Kabul’s international airport are among the most harrowing images to emerge since Taliban fighters swept through the country…