This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Johnson & Johnson announced today $100 million in commitments and collaborations over the next five years to invest in and promote health equity solutions for Black people and other communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inadequacy of public health systems worldwide, casting a shadow that we could not have imagined even a year ago. As the fog of confusion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Only 9% of family offices interviewed in a recent 2020 UBS survey indicated that they currently employ impact investing practices, while 14% stated that they plan to incorporate the social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dr. Biplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The old model of philanthropy just isn’t working — the standard loop of fundraising and donating can make progress painstakingly slow, a pace that can’t keep up with the complexity…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 global pandemic has produced a human and economic crisis unlike any in recent memory. The global economy is experiencing its deepest recession since World War II, disrupting economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s around 15% of global GDP, three times larger than…
The world around us — and the way we give — is changing. Iara Peng, Founder of JustFund, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, discuss how tech platforms…
America is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Even before the pandemic, in no state, metropolitan area, or county in the U.S. could a worker earning the federal or prevailing state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Impact investing has a business model problem. There is no shortage of well-intentioned practitioners. However, who actually pays for the social impact in impact investing? The current impact investing framework relies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In communities with mask mandates, consumer spending increased by 5% on average, research finds. The economy and coronavirus pandemic were two of the top issues for voters in the 2020…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The idea of “100% board giving” is one of those concepts that somehow have become entrenched in our sector, an unwritten truth that we don’t question. To this day, I…