This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sometimes a prosaic AI query produces something that looks more like parody. The other day, I asked Claude to give me the latest definition of “impact investing” versus philanthropic investing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Charitable giving in the United States has changed significantly in recent years. Two of the biggest changes are the swift growth of donor-advised funds and the increasingly blurred lines between…
I don’t need to tell you that 2025 has been an extremely challenging year. Let me offer up an incomplete list of actions of the current presidential administration that should…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Across the world, the progress of democracy has slowed, if not reversed. According to Freedom House’s ratings, 23 countries became less free between 2013 and 2024—including India, Turkey, Hungary, and Indonesia—while…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Breaking the industrial animal agriculture machine and reducing factory farming could be the most powerful, compassionate, and catalytic investment funders can make today. I was eight when I started fostering…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since its founding in 2020, Borealis Philanthropy’s Racial Equity in Journalism Fund has remained steadfast in its commitment to resourcing the community-rooted media ecosystem as an antidote to mis- and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America is in a period of profound transition — and not just because of changing federal policies under a new presidential administration. Over the past decade, the nation has experienced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While AI global venture capital investments exceeded $290 billion between 2019 and 2024, less than 1 percent of this funding went to initiatives aimed at social impact. This stark disparity reveals a profound…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On November 18, the Trump administration unveiled a sweeping “restructuring” and dismantling of the US Department of Education—which Trump has pledged to eliminate altogether—that will transfer several key functions to…
How can the philanthropic sector navigate the profound uncertainties of the next 15 years? The session ‘Exploring the Futures of Philanthropy’ confronted this central question, challenging funders and organisations to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2011, when we began what would eventually become Coefficient Giving, we set out to explore a big question: If someone had billions of dollars to give, what should they…
Matthew Hart, Executive Director of the Global Philanthropy Project (GPP), and Sarah Gunther, the Fund Our Futures Campaign Manager, had one critical thing in common; both are deeply and personally…