This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Protecting access to high-quality health care is central to health philanthropy, and that depends on a well-prepared, robust health workforce. For decades, grantmakers have supported health workforce pipelines across health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no secret: Foundations could be the next American institutions under attack. Why does this matter? Because millions of people across the nation depend on nonprofits to meet their basic…
Nearly 250 years into the American experiment, the pursuit of liberty remains inseparable from the pursuit of wealth, and Black communities continue to face an economy that excludes them from…
Every year sees new climate funds, billions pledged for adaptation, forests, resilience, and technology, demonstrating how and why climate funding often doesn’t reach the people most impacted by climate change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A hard truth is emerging in global health innovation: Some solutions reach scale, but few last. Equipment goes dark. Dashboards fade. Paper charts return. And the status quo—marked by health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the United States, we have become accustomed to bursts of solidarity that show up during movement moments and national crises. In the past few months, people and organizations have…
Philanthropy isn’t short on generosity. What it lacks is visibility into whether that generosity is actually changing lives at scale and funding outcomes. Writing bigger checks no longer feels sufficient, because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The work of social change is always pressing, but those who do that work are under extraordinary stress right now. The polycrisis—which philosopher Jonathan Rowson neatly defines as “the world system…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today marks three years since a magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook southern Turkey and northern Syria, claiming more than 59,000 lives and further exacerbating the humanitarian crises in both countries. This earthquake was the most…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few months ago, I met someone who had just experienced an unimaginable loss: An extraordinary, beloved family member had been killed in a mass shooting that made global headlines.…
For the past two decades, drawing on research I conducted for ODI Global—and earlier for the Gerhart Centre at the American University in Cairo — on how foreign policy priorities shape humanitarian and…
A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit, allowing its international work to continue in a…