This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The words “facemask” and “hand sanitiser” are now familiar the world over, but for isiZulu speakers in South Africa those terms did not exist a year ago, until a group…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We need to discuss the idea of “diversified funding.” It is one of those concepts—like putting out campfires fully and not microwaving metal—that is just taken as gospel. Funders ask…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A South Bronx food distribution rally on March 20 was funded by the American Indian Community House, which was founded in 1969 to improve the status of Native Americans and foster…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Back in 2017, Jamie Margolin, a Seattle high school student, founded an organization called Future Voters for 350ppm. (“Future voters” meaning young people who can’t vote yet, and “350 ppm”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sociologist Erving Goffman suggested that the best time to understand social interaction is when it’s disrupted. This may also be true of philanthropy, and the field is certainly experiencing disruption today.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yesterday, I called a nonprofit executive director to learn more about the damage they had experienced from a recent weeklong winter storm. My phone call was unexpected. We had not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic fundamentally changed the way U.S. residents were able to engage with public lands. From iconic national parks to local urban green spaces, physical distancing requirements meant…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I’ve expanded my own personal philanthropy over the years and, along with my husband, have developed ten key principles that guide our giving. Not all of these will fit everyone,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having mutually supportive relationships is great. It makes us all feel grounded and connected, and in a world that’s more and more isolating, strengthening the bonds among one another is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit service provider organizations nationwide made abrupt, often improvised adjustments to how they worked with clients when the pandemic swept the country in March 2020. Some shifts, like streamlining communications…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In April, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about whether states can require charities to confidentially disclose their donors to regulators (Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra and Thomas More Law…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent study from North Carolina indicates that an intensive, comprehensive after-school program can provide benefits both in the classroom and beyond and could provide a blueprint for post-Covid educational recovery.…