This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy, giving back, and supporting communities in need have been more important than ever throughout the past year and a half—and people have stepped up to the challenge. In fact,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We have heard about it all before: rising temperatures, failing crops resulting in food insecurity, the melting ice caps – these are all part of the narrative of climate change.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For this Pride month, my reading has been centered on the role that philanthropies are playing in this civil rights movement, the experience of the most vulnerable populations within the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 pandemic raged across the world, the 2020 cohort of the Terrance Keenan Institute for Emerging Leaders in Health Philanthropy was thrust into uncertainty and isolation like those in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not often in a person’s lifetime that you feel palpable change, and then see it happening in real time. Clearly, 2020 proffered two such moments: The COVID-19 health crisis…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part two in a multi-part series highlighting successes of Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part one, part three, part four, and part five. I am…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The race is on to save lives in the United States as the country intensifies our fight against COVID-19 – and nonprofits are using trust they’ve built over the years,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year, relief organizations deliver millions of metric tons of food across the globe. Most humanitarian emergencies arise in areas torn by armed conflict or natural disasters. They are complex…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We recently asked Rebecca Van Sickle, manager of 1892 consulting and PEAK’s 25th Anniversary Committee co-chair, to lead a roundtable with four PEAK members to explore how they each discovered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A little over a year ago, Minnesota was catapulted onto the global stage as we all witnessed the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police. The immediate outcry…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID has impacted every person, community, and organization across the globe. Today, together, the world is grappling to find a new balance between the challenges and loss COVID has brought…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Health Forward Foundation is celebrating 15 years of grantmaking. In this time, the foundation has anchored access to safety net health care for those most in need in the Kansas…