This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, CEP released the second report in a three-part series about foundations’ responses to the crises of 2020. Foundations Respond to Crisis: Toward Equity? focuses on how foundations have changed their practices…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Case Study #1: World Food Program — Syrian Refugees, Jordan The World Food Program (WFP) is increasingly delivering assistance in the form of cash transfers, and has been trialling blockchain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On the whole close observers of the nonprofit world tend to think that donating your money now is likely to achieve more good in the world than saving it up to donate after…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, the Women’s Philanthropy Institute released our second annual report on the Women & Girls Index (WGI). It’s the only comprehensive index that measures charitable giving to women’s and girls’ causes in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many, December is a month for reflection. A time to look back and assess, and use those learnings to plan for the upcoming year. That’s exactly what we aimed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you are like most of my philanthropic clients, when COVID-19 hit, you jumped into action. You heroically provided additional funding to grantees, created or joined local crisis response funds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Executive compensation remains one of the most highly scrutinized activities in the nonprofit sector, yet is often described by only one data figure, the dollar amount on compensation, and not…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy possesses a checkered history. It is simultaneously responsible for developing some of our country’s greatest public resources while also leaving marginalized communities in the dark. At its worst, philanthropy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The college admissions cheating scandal is all over the news, and rightfully so. This story involves the rich and famous, some of the most elite universities and colleges in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year seems to have passed at an entirely different pace. Days and months under lockdown still drag on endlessly, yet the year has flown by. All of a sudden here we are with just a few weeks to go until the new year starts. As…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It could be argued that SDG17 (Partnerships for the Goals) is the most important of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The complex and interdependent nature of the challenges we face in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits have been embracing change for decades, and that transformation has accelerated in recent years in response to widespread disruption in most industries. At Worldwide ERC, we’re even seeing competition…