This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the most charitable country in the world according to Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index report from 2019, which analyzed data from the past 10 years. From my…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The realities, challenges, and larger context of what Black and brown trans communities are facing locally and nationally are not well-known to funders or to our society in general. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the nation, gaps in health are large, persistent and increasing. Health equity means everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be healthier. It acknowledges that it’s hard to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Hewlett Foundation’s Knowledge for Better Philanthropy strategy, we fund the creation and dissemination of high-quality knowledge regarding philanthropic practice for foundations. We recently released an evaluation of the strategy entitled, How…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “What does liberation require of us?” At a conference I attended two years ago with Latinx, Black, Native American, LGBTQ+, and Asian American Pacific Islander leaders of state-based civic engagement…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Conflict is the midwife of consciousness.” – Paulo Freire In my lifetime, I have never felt more hopeful. The cacophony of unlikely factors that focused our vast nation (and much of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “I just want to RUN, Mommy!” That’s what Jill heard a lot from her now 9-year-old daughter, Millie, who wanted to join a local Albuquerque track club a couple years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While 2020 may reluctantly be recalled as one of the most traumatic years in history for many individuals, trauma is, unfortunately, not new. A 2015 report from the National Child…
This webinar, given with the Campbell Collaboration and Porticus, is a great introduction to rigorous evidence in general, and specifically the rigorous evidence around ‘what works’ in institutional responses to…
Gender equality in the workplace is #Solvable. By shifting the narrative around women in the workplace through changing policy and attitudes, Katja Iversen argues that we can end the gender…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While billions of dollars are spent on consumer insights to ensure that our potato chips are crispy, powerful data to fuel human-centered design are rarely applied by the social sector.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. New resources funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation offer insights on an approach to workforce development that seeks to strengthen young people’s executive skills — the cognitive abilities needed…