This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s really hard not to compare foundation funding to state/public funding when we’re discussing abortion access. How can philanthropy expect abortion activists to combat both antis and the state when…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Having a poorly understood condition is frustrating. From the doctors’ visits, to multiple ineffective treatments, to reductions in quality of life, it can feel as though there is little hope.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a founding partner of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria is at the forefront of the global COVID-19 response.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For foundations and philanthropists committed to addressing the challenges facing our democracy, there is a long list of pressing priorities. From reforming campaigns and elections to strengthening Congress; from protecting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two years ago, in September 2019, the World Education Services (WES) Mariam Assefa Fund awarded its first grants to organizations working to build more inclusive economies for immigrants and refugees in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic rages on, more and more organizations are acknowledging that this crisis didn’t create disparities, it exacerbated existing inequities. And it raised the stakes. As a social impact…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When TPI launched the Invest for Better (IFB) initiative more than three years ago, we imagined it would be a time-limited campaign to motivate and educate women to activate their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Covid-19 pandemic disruptions to K-12 schooling took an extraordinary toll on students and their parents, K-12 philanthropy responded. A range of efforts—from shifting project-specific grants to general operating funds to grants…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the early months of 2020, we were getting ready to launch a new Ford Global Fellowship, a 10-year, $50-million investment to support leaders to shift structures and systems of inequality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Based in Austin, Texas, St. David’s Foundation serves the Central Texas region (Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson counties) where an estimated 300,000 (14.5 percent) Central Texans lack health insurance. Texas is one of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ed Asner’s death prompted me to consider how dire the local news environment has grown since I chose journalism as a career. Asner starred in the CBS drama “Lou Grant”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In another day and age, we would have written that supporting the well-being of grantees was the easiest way to become a nonprofit’s favorite funder. Whether funding poverty or climate…