This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally. Providing free and reduced-price lunches for all needy schoolchildren…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a Gen X woman entrenched in the world of international philanthropy, I have oft painted the picture of the baby boomer woman who is driving much of philanthropy right…
This brief, A Fair Chance: Improving Outcomes and Reducing Barriers to Success and Opportunity for Girls, Young Women, Transgender Young Women, and Gender Non-conforming Youth of Color in DC, aims…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Men, we have a problem. Well, we have a number of problems but for the purposes of this article let’s keep it simple. Our research Insights into charity fundraising released…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the women come to him, they are desperate. They meet the traditional healer in a sparsely furnished room, a half-hour’s bumpy ride outside Blantyre, in southern Malawi. The healer,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Tahoe Fund announced the Environmental Venture Trust, a new “venture philanthropy” approach to environmental restoration in Tahoe. While much of traditional philanthropy is focused on established solutions, the Venture…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One thing you hear often in education is that your ZIP code shouldn’t determine your educational destiny. This is something even folks who say they oppose “education reform” ostensibly believe.…
Two years into a pioneering three-year development impact bond (DIB), Educate Girls—which tackles gender inequality in India’s educational system, is showing promising results. With a DIB, a service provider receives upfront…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “If we don’t engage, we have only ourselves to blame,” says Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, Huerta argues that if new protest movements want to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As superfluous Ph.Ds enter the market only to discover the real world neither speaks their language nor shares their values, many seek to re-enter the bubble they know in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For over 50 years, Shell and other fossil fuel companies created oil spills as they drilled in the kingdom of the Ogoni people who live in the southeastern section of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The right response to Charlottesville is to do what you can, with what you have, from where you are. If you’re in impact investing, it means you likely have education,…