Collective Impact

One of the most unexpected twists in my career was becoming the first-ever head of technology at the Walmart Foundation in 2013, thanks to a chance encounter with its president.…

For decades, Faye Schuett, alongside her late wife Linda Seaver Burnett, has championed LGBTQ+ rights, blending LGBTQ+ activism with philanthropy to create lasting change. Her deep commitment to equality has…

For an industry that works for the common good, the nonprofit world can be unkind. There’s the elbow thrown while jockeying for a donor’s attention. The disparaging remark about a…

I know firsthand the transformative power of networks for local nonprofits. My wife, Daphine Namara, and I are both nonprofit leaders from Uganda, driven by a shared passion to make…

Every day, it seems we see yet another sign of our democracy in decline. The ongoing erosion of democratic norms and institutions disproportionately harms BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color)…

In 2015, nine major philanthropies recognized a significant gap in the field: Few national funders were working to address the upstream causes of homelessness and the ramifications of unstable housing…

Who will tell the stories that shape our future? These days, in the United States, this is a matter of fierce disagreement. On one side, a multiracial majority of people…

At a time when hate and violence against AAPIs is on the rise, and with the elections and census on  the horizon, AAPI Civic Engagement Fund believes building the narrative…

Collaborative funds, known to many as intermediaries or re-grantors, are among the most effective entities for advancing social change. By pooling philanthropic dollars, deepening learning and relationships, and mobilizing resources…

Collaborative funds—entities that strategically channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits and community-based organizations—deliver outsized impact across issue areas in the Global South.

RWJF shares how it works to uproot structural racism by learning from communities who are best positioned to create lasting solutions.

Candid insights | Find out how philanthropic collaboratives—organizations that distribute resources from multiple donors to nonprofits—are finding new and effective ways to equitably measure impact across their portfolio of grantees.