This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lack of capital access and ownership is a historic and systemic barrier to equity, especially for Black, Indigenous, and other racial groups, and women. A number of efforts are underway to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. George Floyd’s death last May focused a powerful klieg light on racial injustice in the U.S. Nonprofits were again confronting questions about equity and inclusion for the communities they serve.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The challenges of governing a nonprofit are often more complicated than those faced by board members of similar-sized for-profit entities. This is because nonprofit board members are called upon to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As India completes the seventh year of its unique experiment in mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR), it is a good time to reflect on what we can learn from CSR…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The European Union is considering a new tax on imports as it tries to fight climate change, and the U.S. is raising concerns about it. At issue is what’s known…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s not often that something innovative and potentially game-changing comes along in the field of strengthening human rights, particularly when it comes to the rights of women and girls. Launched…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent seminar—run in partnership with the Clothworkers’ Company—explored what trustees are and should be doing to ensure their charity is harnessing the power of volunteers. The event was chaired by Lucy de…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The economic, social, and health effects of COVID-19 are profound and far-reaching. For individuals and societies, this crisis has been called a defining moment, a turning point, and a once-in-a-generation challenge. For policymakers…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For 44 years Astraea has been the leading exclusively LGBTQI, global feminist funder. Former Astraea Board Co-Chair and current chair of the Executive Director Search Committee Iimay Ho discusses what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often under the green-sounding label “waste to energy.” Now, concerns about incineration’s outsized carbon footprint…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Artificial intelligence presents itself in both grand and mundane ways. It accelerates the scientific process, leading most recently to the development of COVID-19 vaccines at record speed. It runs self-driving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., Bridgespan Group, a nonprofit that provides advice to charities and individuals, found ultra-wealthy American families donated just 1.2% of their assets to charity in 2017. While in the U.K. the median level…