This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. True to its name, Unorthodox Philanthropy got started with an out-of-the-ordinary proposition. In 2010, on a crowdsourcing website called Innocentive, the funder announced that it was seeking “novel, unorthodox opportunities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When College Access Now (CAN) first applied for an SVP grant, no one could have predicted how the organization would evolve. Now in their fifth and final year as an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With 2.3 million Americans currently incarcerated, many governors, legislators, and mayors have been searching for ways to sustainably reduce the number of people in prisons and jails. These leaders realize…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’m sure you’re also one of those people that read the news, see all the crazy things going on these days, and think “this is so infuriating! If only I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Almost 20 percent of all young people around age 15 are not financially literate — they don’t have skills like budgeting income and expenses, pulling a credit report or understanding the terms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sheri Sobrato Brisson comes from a family of philanthropists. The Silicon Valley family started a private foundation, the Sobrato Family Foundation, 20 years ago. But over the years, Sheri and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This report is the latest in a series of annual surveys designed to gauge trends, experiences and expectations among New Jersey non-profit organizations, and to explore the effects of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In short, youth philanthropy is exciting and well worth nurturing. In general, though, it’s tended to fly beneath the radar, with limited information available about who’s doing what across the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Maryland Nonprofits and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement are pleased to partner on this first ever regional report on the economic and social impact of nonprofit organizations in the State…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just as we need to understand the economic impact of tourism, of Silicon Valley, of the wine industry and construction, we need to understand the significant role that nonprofits play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Not long ago, I crunched some numbers and found that the top 1 percent of U.S. households—who are collectively worth at least $30 trillion—only donated about $130 billion to charity in 2016,…