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…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s a critical time for Rural America, but what do we know about it? There are 60 million rural people in the United States, roughly 19 percent of the nation’s population. Yet,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most common refrain in the U.S. today is that we are more divided than we’ve been in generations — not only along partisan lines, but also across racial, religious,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women scientists, while far fewer than male scientists, have been the brainpower behind many breakthroughs over the centuries. Yet, even today, women scientists struggle to get the funding to do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To ensure that a post-pandemic recovery does not leave low-income and Black and Latinx communities even further behind, the Chicago Community Trust recently launched Together We Rise: For an Equitable and Just Recovery.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Serious psychiatric illness, also referred to as serious mental illness, includes major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, suicidality and other brain diseases that substantially interfere with one or more major…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A serious, but largely overlooked, problem in philanthropy is feeling overwhelmed. What is overwhelm? According to wellness writer Michelle Rees, “Overwhelm happens when the sheer volume of thoughts feelings, tasks,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some of the most effective foundations engaged in policy and advocacy in the United States are small, place-based foundations. By focusing deeply, developing insight into their issue, leveraging their reputation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last year brought forward a spotlight on existing disparities in communities of color—access to health care, financial stability and generational wealth, and the ever-present public health crisis that is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you are looking for ways to give back to a local charity and cultivate positive change in your community, then here are three suggestions according to noted philanthropist Johanna Klausen. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Retired lab animal veterinarian Larry Carbone (author of the highly regarded book “What Animals Want”) recently wrote a provocative article in Nature Special Reports in which he estimates that more…