This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1982, Paul Newman added a second job to his storied acting career when he launched his own food company Newman’s Own. What made the company unique was its audacious…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Advocacy is complex, non-linear, and opportunistic, making evaluating it challenging—though not impossible. In this webinar, Arabella Advisors discusses how to account for advocacy’s dynamic complexity in designing and executing evaluations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Out of necessity, organized resistance to the Trump administration’s authoritarian and hyper-violent policy agenda is growing rapidly, both domestically and internationally. Within this context, it is important for those of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Ford Foundation …announced it is committing up to $1 billion from its $12 billion endowment over the next 10 years to the nascent investment field known as mission-related investing.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. IN Washington state, the epidemic of homelessness has persisted for so long, even the youngest among us understand what the montage of blue tarps, tents and rows of motor homes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the reinstitution of a federal program that allows local police officers to seize personal property without so much as a criminal charge. The program is intended…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A few years ago, Seattle decided to increase its minimum wage from $9.47 to $15 per hour. Worker unions and activists applauded the move, and hoped to leverage the momentum on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Urban Institute researchers contributed to a comprehensive National Academies of Science study examining the fiscal and economic impacts of immigrants and refuting many common misperceptions about immigration. Immigrants have roughly the same…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Desh Deshpande believes philanthropy is well positioned to make longer term investments that help nonprofits prove their results. After that, he thinks the government should step in and help scale…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In June, President Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the Paris climate accord. Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement is a wise decision. Compliance would impose significant costs on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government provides a wide range of subsidies to boost the production and consumption of biofuels. Over several decades, Congress has enacted special tax breaks, direct grants, government-backed loans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As family philanthropists, it’s difficult to read headlines about abuses at wasteful, extravagant nonprofits without feeling the urge to look suspiciously at the expenses of groups that seek our support.…