This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Now that immediate recovery needs are being met, our focus is expanding to long-term housing needs of the many that have lost their homes or have been displaced pending extensive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropic giving is a powerful force. Nonprofit organizations are critical change agents in a world where a broad range of issues, from poverty to pollution, call out for positive change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fall season’s Jewish holidays are a time for prayer, introspection, charity, family, and many other important values and priorities. On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we are judged and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a sense that accountability is a one-way street. Funders, their staff, and their grantees talk a lot about accountability for schools and teachers, but find it easy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When most entrepreneurs set off to start a new venture, they are driven by the notion that their unique idea or product can add real value to people’s lives. But,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Secretly crossing the Thailand-Myanmar border, sneaking past military checkpoints and landmines, is not something most people would call a vacation. But Dr. Pierre-Louise Olland and Serge Israel make the trip…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the country, the environment in which many nonprofit organizations operate is shifting. Changing demographics, such as aging populations and more children living in poverty, affect a nonprofit’s ability to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most significant barriers to women starting out in philanthropy is lack of knowledge about how and where to donate money. Women new to philanthropy, including women whose…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In less than three months, our nation has experienced an array of natural disasters of epic proportions. Hurricanes, floods, and fires. And many more have experienced crises internationally due to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most experiences in our lives that we find transcendent — whether illicit vices or socially sanctioned ritual and social practices as diverse as exercise and meditation activate an anatomically and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the nonprofit sector, the pressure for raising funds to meet demand can be intense and this is where I have seen urgency take hold. I once worked on a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Everyone wants to help during a crisis, and, for many, that means giving money. But few understand what it takes to distribute funds to the people, businesses, or nonprofits that…