Tomás Ramos realized there was a need for a new group focused on alleviating poverty in New York City in 2017, but he couldn’t start his non-profit, the Oyate Group, until…
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“[Men] fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other…
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There’s been a lot of discussion the past few years on advancing trust-based philanthropy, a model that seeks to shift power dynamics by providing fewer funding restrictions and putting more…
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The Deerfield Foundation, a philanthropic affiliate of New York City-based healthcare investment firm Deerfield Management, today announced the awarding of $1.5 million in support for 14 not-for-profit organizations in seven countries,…
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Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic construct; it has become a defining force in reshaping economies, ecosystems, and human lives. At this moment, AI’s potential is vast, making it…
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The start of a new year brings with it the opportunity for leaders to take an in-depth look back. For nonprofits in particular, examining the organization’s achievements and missed opportunities…
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On December 4, Dr. Basil A. Smikle Jr., recently appointed director of Columbia’s M.S. in Nonprofit Management program, led a discussion on the “new normal” confronting many nonprofit organizations and professionals,…
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Providing women with education, support and encouragement while they’re pregnant, during labor and after child birth, the Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative hopes to improve reproductive health equity and maternal mortality…
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Is co-leadership having a moment? The model is not exactly new, particularly in the nonprofit sector. But the pandemic exposed crises in leadership at the same time that new (or…
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The Black Equity Collective (BEC) is a community-focused, public-private partnership with Black equity as its central, driving force, emphasizing investing in Black-led organizations. BEC’s focus is to strengthen the long-term…
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Barack Obama is the most eloquent promoter of pluralism in American history, and its most inspiring embodiment: child of a white mother from Kansas and a Black father from Kenya,…