Philanthropy

The success of family philanthropy is dependent on the willingness of the family to embrace an ecosystem of partners. In fact, the most effective philanthropic leaders recognize that the family…

The right messaging and terms of engagement can drive more people to volunteering and public service.

Our beliefs and attitudes determine how we interpret and respond to the world. This is no less true for how we define success and failure than it is for how…

Isabelle Leighton is interim executive director of Donors of Color Network, whose mission is to build systemic racial equity to be more reflective and accountable to communities of color. Leighton has…

What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?

For years, we’ve heard the calls for more diversity in the environmental movement. It’s certainly true that the “big green” groups — and their boards — remain mostly white. But the…

Two years into CEP’s study of the effects of MacKenzie Scott’s grantmaking on the social change sector, the findings are overwhelmingly positive. Scott’s strategy of making multimillion-dollar gifts with no strings attached…

In 2014, McArthur “Mac” Hoang was released from prison and determined to rebuild his life. Hoang, the youngest of 10, is the only child born in America from a Vietnamese…

Green 2.0, a watchdog organization advocating for diversity in the environmental sector, in late February convened a panel of Black environmental justice leaders to discuss what it will take to…

Most funders already understand the importance of supporting nonprofits with capacity-building resources “beyond the grant” to help them achieve their mission. But where do you begin as a funder with many areas…

Over the past decade, many health foundations have shifted from funding specific programs to addressing social determinants of health by supporting policy and systems change strategies Abundant research has demonstrated that low-income communities of color face structural barriers to health that…

To save lives, communities need the resources to move from reactive to proactive approaches in response to these health threats. However, they face large hurdles in accessing money. More than 90…