This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Storytelling is the best tool we have for effectively communicating about big, systemic issues like racism, classism, and transphobia. People think in stories. When we don’t have a narrative that tells us…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is part two of three in a CEP blog series in which leaders from eight foundations shared — in their own words — the most important changes they have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is part one of three in a CEP blog series in which leaders from eight foundations shared — in their own words — the most important changes they have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There’s power in process, and grants professionals can handily leverage their positions and drive equity throughout all facets of the grantmaking process. But seeing where you can step up and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the end of 2021, NPQ convened an advisory committee on racial justice and asked the question: What is the edge of current racial justice work? The group converged around “building pro-Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sometimes we lose sight of a simple truth about systems: They are made up of people. Despite all of the frameworks and tools at our disposal and all of our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a time when finding our footing is most challenging, nonprofit staff burnout is real. Social change organizations are not immune from “the great resignation.” And Gallup cites that levels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In its recently released report, “Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change?,” the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shared new research in which foundations reported working differently now than in early…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For innovation to succeed in your organization, it’s not just other companies that need to be involved—you need to tap into the entire ecosystem. That means partnering and co-innovating with customers, suppliers,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Episcopal Health Foundation (EHF) funded a study to determine why Black and Hispanic Texans were being infected by, hospitalized for, and dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropic capital has been a major source of income for nonprofits, a driver of social progress, and a necessary means of relief during times of crisis. This has been the case for centuries. The term itself means “love of humanity”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For Native-led nonprofits, the integrity with which funders build relationships and invest resources directly affects their ability to make community impact. The weight of this power dynamic between funder and…