This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Within my role as senior adviser for Organisational Development and Capacity Building at Oak Foundation, I support the organizational strengthening of our grantee partners. At Oak, we give grants in a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This is the time of year when many Americans contemplate giving back — and not coincidentally, it’s also the time of year when nonprofits and charities of all stripes send…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We’ve spent much of the last eight years trying to answer a simple question: what are the world’s biggest and most urgent problems? We wanted to have a positive impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundations are “discovering that they can provide flexible general operating support, accelerate grant decisions, and loosen heavy reporting requirements” and should continue to do so, argues Ford Foundation Executive Vice…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an era when our communities are being rocked by a health pandemic, economic upheaval, racial injustice, and political turmoil, the world has never needed more from civil society leaders—and…
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. Ask almost anyone even vaguely familiar with philanthropy what a foundation does, and the answer will likely be “they give money away.” That’s true, but what if instead the go-to…
Edgar Villanueva has been a force in the sector, challenging philanthropy to reckon with the history of wealth accumulation in the US, to work in authentic relationship with grantee partners,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Organizations working to end human trafficking and modern slavery frequently throw around the word “freedom” in our theories of change, and we measure our impact based on how many individuals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that nonprofits—which foundations depend on to pursue shared goals—are facing unprecedented challenges. Already in May of 2020, when CEP surveyed its nationally representative grantee panel, 80 percent of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s rights are human rights. It seems this should be obvious (and indisputable), like gravity. Women and girls make up about half of the world’s population, and therefore half of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are currently witnessing a new wave of systems enthusiasm among philanthropic and development organizations eager to be identified as system leaders, with a host of implementing organizations and development…