This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the hardest parts about creating and then maintaining a nonprofit organization is sourcing money to sustain growth. It’s a difficult balancing act to provide quality service and reach…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On any given day, an estimated 40.3 million people around the world are exploited for someone’s benefit or commercial gain – forced by coercion or intimidation to work against their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In nearly 70 countries, it is still a crime to be LGBTQ. In many more, it is fundamentally unsafe. LGBTQ and HIV-positive immigrants face heightened levels of harassment, discrimination, physical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. NCRP’s Movement Investment Project initiative has been committed to hearing the experiences of Black, Indigenous people of color-led organizing in the reproductive access space. And while NCRP has been vocal and responsive to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Evidence-based programs (EBPs) can help change the world — but only if they reach the world. Some interventions, which might reasonably be termed EBPs — such as the polio vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Talking about end-of-life planning, choice, and care can be a touchy subject. No one wants to talk about our mortality. We don’t want to imagine the way we might die.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the year since COVID-19 was formally declared a pandemic, what can philanthropy say it accomplished? What have donors learned, and where could philanthropy have done better? Asking such questions might seem to be the domain of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At The Duke Endowment, we seek to improve the health status of the communities we serve and promote health equity for disadvantaged populations. This objective, which I believe is broadly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An old friend of Robert Frost’s was driving him home on a moonlit August night, with huge stars in the sky. The friend mused, ‘On a night like this, I…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Jim Shelton is President for Education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Previously, Mr. Shelton served as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Education under then President Barack Obama.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When I look at the kind of change that an organization or cause is trying to create, I tend to take a more expansive view informed by two simple questions:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Report for America today released Local News Philanthropy: Strong Signs of Positive Movement, a report on local sustainability and development efforts by the nonprofit program’s newsroom partners in 2020. The report underscores the…