This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Carolyn Thoroski, a housekeeping supervisor at a Westin Trillium House hotel in Blue Mountain, Canada, sometimes dreams up new ways to make the world a better place. About a year…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. NASSCOM Foundation organized the CSR Leadership Conference in New Delhi. The Opening Plenary Session was on Digital Transformations and Sustainable Development Goals, with senior change makers to deliberate on the ‘what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Migrants working abroad and sending back money is one of the biggest and often most overlooked forms of financial aid to poorer countries – often greater than formal overseas aid.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Lilly Endowment, one of the world’s largest private foundations with assets of more than $10 billion, recently announced a $10 million grant to the new Center for Rural Engagement at…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last few years, individuals have been focusing on their personal wellbeing. Similar to individuals, organizations are now meeting their employees where they are and have made a pivot from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Los Angeles, an algorithm helps decide who — out of 58,000 homeless people — gets access to a small amount of available housing. In Indiana, the state used a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two years ago, I wrote a piece advocating an approach to philanthropy grounded in a place-based, social movement strategy for systemic change. For the Chorus Foundation, this approach began with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Brindle Foundation in New Mexico is concerned with the well-being of children and youth, and funds in the areas of education, early childhood development, youth development and human services. …
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hunt for new customers and new innovations is drawing corporate multinationals toward entrepreneurs who are driving impact on the ground with banking services, farm technology, mobile clinics and off-grid…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If successful, Philanthropy Cloud could fundamentally change how philanthropy works In order to magnify their philanthropic impact, many corporate employees donate through company charity programs. Most of these are straightforward…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Nathan Cummings Foundation announced that they will align 100 percent of their nearly half-billion-dollar endowment with their mission in order to increase impact investing. The Nathan Cummings Foundation is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It has become axiomatic within the development community that educating women and girls is the most effective way to alleviate poverty and accelerate development in the Global South. In The Gender…