This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People are paying more attention to how nonprofits listen to the people they serve. Leading foundations increasingly value nonprofits that have strong feedback practices. They want to support organizations that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit the United States, nonprofits—just like organizations in other sectors—scrambled not only to meet the needs of their constituents, but also to survive. At Generation Citizen,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, PACE set out to learn more about complex adaptive systems, understand how relationships drive these systems, and consider philanthropy’s role in engaging relationships — with particular focus on how to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although many foundations continuously seek to expand both the impact and sustainability of the initiatives they sponsor and/or support, limitations in foundations’ financial, intellectual, and relational capital can thwart their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In May of 2020, The Rockefeller Foundation created the Testing Solutions Group to facilitate the exchange of best practices for public health authorities and officials working to scale up pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More About This Organization: The North Bay Organizing Project (NBOP) is a grassroots, multi-racial, and multi-issue organization comprised of over twenty-two faith, environmental, labor, student and community-based organizations in Sonoma…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part Three in a four-part series about the Georgia Systemic Change Alliance. Read Parts One, Two, and Four. For residents in Brunswick, Ga., the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by armed white…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What makes giving circles so captivating from a social justice perspective isn’t the money but the intimacy between its members who explicitly want to use their agency to affect change…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Black Lives Matter movement has grown to the largest social movement in US history, funders are being forced to reckon with the origins of their wealth—with deep roots in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The deep wounds of systemic racism have plagued communities across this country for generations, and in 2020, the largest response in this nation’s history made it explicitly clear that we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Crisis, conflict, social media, and ego are devastating communities across the country, and last week, we saw them lead to an unprecedented attack on our nation’s Capitol. This public display…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As 2020 comes to a close, are you looking at the glass half full, or depending on the day half empty after almost a year of surviving the pandemic? In…