This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a young nonprofit executive, I once flew across the country to meet with a new funder. I was nervous, excited, and eager to make a connection that would (hopefully)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. GEAPP launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 with US$10 billion of committed capital, including up to US$1.5 billion in initial grant funding from The Rockefeller Foundation,…
Infrastructure holds communities together: roads, bridges, an electricity grid. But what about the connections that we can’t see? Relationships, collaboration, goal setting and data sharing are part of a community’s…
Technology has been central to the shifts we have made to weather the pandemic: Work, school, and social gatherings moved online virtually overnight, and organizations had to ensure they too…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The War That Sparked Worldwide Compassion Business leaders often refrain from overtly taking sides in political conflicts, but in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. They called it The Lot. For years, Arica Gonzalez and her neighbors passed it often in their Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhood, the once-vacant property where waist-high grass, frequent illegal dumping, and…
The fight against climate change is a story half-written, and so far, big, powerful economies have mostly been the ones to tell it. That needs to change. The shift, or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. S M Sehgal Foundation has been working since 1999 to improve the quality of life of rural communities in India. With a focus on community-led programs, the foundation team creates…
More than a year after the police killing of George Floyd and the avalanche of donations toward racial equity initiatives that followed, the actual gift amounts and their destinations remain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One hundred years ago, on his 26th birthday, my maternal grandfather traveled halfway around the world — by train, ship, car, and foot — to win the hand of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. My family, like many others is an immigrant family and we are celebrating 50 years since we immigrated to the United States. In my case, my sister and I came…
As world leaders gathered in Paris to negotiate a new climate agreement in December 2015, more than 600,000 people in 175 countries marched in support of the process. Meanwhile, the…