This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much has been written about how foundations can better understand their impact. But little of the published work deals with the particular characteristics of family foundations. Philanthropic families tend to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Listening to beneficiaries is key to successful grantmaking. • How can more voices be included in conversations? Do conversations need to be restructured to make sure that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world has made amazing progress in expanding access to health over the past few decades. Between 1990 and 2017, the number of people living in poverty has been cut…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Co-creation is a strong method for creating programs, but it is messy and unpredictable. • How can co-creation be used to produce better services and programs?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The theme of this issue of Passages is “Emotionally Invested” and it includes a number of articles about impact investing alongside your values. Impact investing seeks a return from one’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2017, the Raikes Foundation launched an initiative focused on increasing the impact of giving by individual donors, who are by far the largest segment of giving in this country—over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I get asked this question often. How can a small foundation with few staff really catalyze large scale social change? In fact, how can a foundation of any size play…
The Expanding Prosperity Impact Collaborative (EPIC), an initiative of the Aspen Institute’s Financial Security Program, is a first-of-its-kind, cross-sector effort to shine a light on economic forces that severely impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On February 7 and 8, over 120 funders, policy makers, advocates, and homeless housing and service providers from around the United States met in Seattle for what is believe to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are facing a pivotal moment in history where two major movements are aligned. The #MeToo groundswell is changing the way we talk about taboo subjects that long seemed immune…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. JOBS, which operated in Portland, Oregon in the mid to late 1990s, was a mandatory welfare-to-work program for single-parent welfare recipients whose children were over one year in age. The…
Early math skills are a strong predictor of later achievement for young children, not only in math, but in other domains as well. Exhibiting strong math skills in elementary school…