This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Whether due to ideological commitments, grants, a deficient view of “science,” puffing up their own worth, lack of imagination, or simple laziness (my top nominee), the obsession with measuring is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The growth of nonprofit news outlets in America means that more foundations, philanthropists and donors are supporting local news than in the past. And the push by the Local Media Association (LMA) and Report for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The American tradition of philanthropic giving should not be taken for granted, in part because it may well be in real jeopardy. “What’s the problem?,” you might ask. After all,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While environmental exposures can be critical, they are often not the only factors in determining health outcomes either at the individual or at the population level. And the role that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the US, philanthropy plays an outsized role in education. The share of the world’s ultra-rich who live in the USA, along with tax laws that encourage charitable giving and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We all know that climate change is no longer a crisis. It has become an emergency. A groundbreaking report published earlier this month by the world’s leading authority on climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As an organization founded on over 30 years of grantmaking based on learning, humility, and trust, we at Thousand Currents are not immune, nor phased by fundamentally uncomfortable questions, including…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world begins to emerge on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a new-found realization of the interconnectedness of the big, hard issues we face and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On August 2, PEAK Grantmaking in collaboration with Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) hosted the first of a three-part learning and professional development series that explores career pathways in philanthropy,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the last few years, the attention that organization strengthening, capacity building, or organization development has been gathering, has increased many folds. The surge in the interest has been due…
George Ingram, senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution, shares his insights on why we need better data quality reporting to track donor funding that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The following excerpt is from the chapter, “Leading Meaningful Change: Building a Culture of Philanthropy among Indian-Americans” by Deepak Raj and Ashish Shah from the newly released anthology Kamala Harris…