This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This article is the first in a series of articles about Community Led Philanthropy, co-hosted by GlobalGiving. The conversation explores the ways philanthropy can support community-led change. Now more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CEP’s new report Persevering Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits illuminates the profound impact of the pandemic on the nonprofit sector, and its exacerbation of existing inequities. Within the sector, arts organizations…
Giving Compass’ Take: • A report published by the Building Movement Project surveys nonprofit leaders of color to shed light on the pervasiveness of the nonprofit racial leadership gap. •…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the protests against our deeply anti-Black, extremely racist systems continue, I am glad to see that foundations and nonprofits are getting more engaged in the conversations about how our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In many ways, Maleta Kimmons defines her neighborhood by what it lacks. Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. Near…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, a major milestone in the fight for gender-based equality. But the early women’s suffrage movement failed in many ways,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, “a Great Trust Crisis — a tinderbox of disaffection that could erupt with unpredictable consequences,” is brewing, Foreign Policy’s Indranil Ghosh wrote in January 2020 (para. 10). That was…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time in nearly two decades, only half of U.S. households donated to a charity, according to a study released Tuesday. The findings confirm a trend worrying experts:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Four of the 22 cabinet members of the Biden administration are Latino or Latina, an amount that is roughly proportional to the percentage of Latinxs in the US population at…
What does your social change ecosystem look like? What roles are you playing as you work to have an impact? In this conversation with Adria Goodson, Director of Ford Global Fellowship…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For most professionals, being invited to join a board of directors or advisors for a nonprofit organization is an honor. However, it is not an offer that should be taken…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Introverts or extroverts, we all need to wrestle with this phenomenon that I am going to call Retroactive Allyship Theater (RAT). This is a type of performative allyship when someone waits until a critical…