This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are on the cusp of philanthropy’s next big wave. The charitable sector is no longer limited to just giving grants to organizations and wishing them well. Whether it’s creating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In developing your plan for giving and/or impact investing, the inevitable questions come up of if and where to focus geographically. Assuming you don’t have endless cash to deploy for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Before March, the chief technology officers who keep modern classrooms connected would have agreed that new tech programs can’t be rolled out overnight. Yet that’s exactly what they have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deviating from its more typical “best of (neighborhoods, doctors, crab shacks…)” lifestyle articles, Baltimore Magazine featured in its July issue a far less sunny piece on the ravaging impacts of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bill, how do you explain what seems like our current obsession with social enterprise and “doing well while doing good”? Every 7–10 years people become particularly enamored with this idea:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Well-aligned digital infrastructure should be the aspiration of all nonprofits, everywhere. Nonprofits today are dependent on digital software and hardware. Just as they manage their financial, physical, and human resources,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Keep your board meetings healthy and productive. Since nonprofit board meetings depend on interaction among people with different values, perspectives, and communication styles, conflict is likely to occur. The impact of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ford Mobility’s portfolio of smart transit subsidiaries — TransLoc, Ride Systems and DoubleMap — launched an initiative to provide transit agencies with free demand response software, consulting and planning services…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is reasonable to assume the wealthiest Americans donate the most to charitable causes. Philanthropy, however, is hardly limited to the “richest” among us. Instead, it’s the power of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 is the worst fire season on record, with nearly 13 million acres burned, 14,000 structures destroyed, and fire suppression costs reaching the $3 billion mark. These numbers—acreage the size…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A slow-moving crisis threatens the U.S. Central Plains, which grow a quarter of the nation’s crops. Underground, the region’s lifeblood – water – is disappearing, placing one of the world’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even if you have never consciously engaged in charity, you were most likely still a part of some charity project anyway. In today’s world — at least in its prosperous…