This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social media platforms have become mainstream communications channels, but many charities face enormous challenges using them strategically. According to the Global NGO Tech Report, only 32% of non-profit organizations have a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Evidence Action’s No Lean Season provides no-interest loans to poor rural households during the time of seasonal income and food insecurity (“lean season”) between planting and the major rice harvest…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The next disruptive technology phase is already upon here and it includes a technology designed to emulate human conversation — chatbots programmed with artificial intelligence. It will have implications for nonprofits way…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most donors say they want to “help people”. If that’s true, they should try to distribute their resources to help people as much as possible. If you are to “love your…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before adding an international organization to its platform, YourCause team properly vets each organization to make sure that funds are being properly used for philanthropic activity. Here are this month’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past year, with major hurricanes in Puerto Rico, Florida, and Texas, has once again cast light on the activities of the American Red Cross. As in the past, there…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We found, for instance, that while 42 percent of the organizations we surveyed are led by female executive directors, 87 percent of all executive directors or presidents were white, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We call them YACers … Youth Advisory Committee members. They attend schools throughout Genesee County, are 14 to 18 years old, and see the problems that youth face. Meeting monthly during…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Going to college pays off, on average. But to maximize the chance that a college education offers a satisfactory return, students need to think like investors. They need to carefully consider…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fresh approaches to philanthropy’s urgent problems will be essential in the year ahead. Here are some of the best pieces from The Chronicle’s opinion section to get up to speed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These nonprofit leaders are finding innovative ways to take on society’s toughest problems. Norman Atkins Relay Graduate School of Education New York In the late 1990s, Norman Atkins co-founded the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Within the effective altruism community, it’s been a perennial debate: Doesn’t it make more sense to first maximize your success, and then donate down the road? But my answer has always…