This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As organizations rethink how to blend profit and purpose, we encourage you to watch the webinar to learn from RBF’s journey. Here, are a few key themes that came to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past decade a quite revolution has been taking place in philanthropy. Read more about impact investing on Giving Compass Now its effects are starting to creep into the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The New American Leaders Project interviews NALP’s Sayu Bhojwani. An immigrant to the US, and New York City’s first Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, Sayu answers 5 key questions about…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Harvard Kennedy School refers to social capital as “the collective value of all ‘social networks’ (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the better part of two decades, the world of philanthropy has been engaged in an important, sometimes contested, conversation about “impact”—both how we measure it and how we deliver…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When performing a risk assessment, many organizations focus on issues such as loss of funding and reputational damage. Yet data breaches, which can cause just as much harm to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2015, offers state and district leaders several new opportunities to promote student success. Education leaders…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Faced with so many students collectively on the hook for millions of dollars in loans from defunct institutions accused of fraud, the Obama administration took up the task of clarifying…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A Comprehensive Framework for Improving the Lives of Women and Girls Women and girls make up half of the world’s population, but often have limited opportunities and experience worse outcomes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With a decline in individual volunteerism over the past decade, it’s tempting to think that philanthropy is on the decline. But Americans actually set a philanthropic record in 2016, donating…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Does philanthropy by a wealthy elite subvert democracy and electoral politics? And could that actually be a good thing? Difficult questions about the role of philanthropy in a democracy have…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s healthcare sector spent $509 million in 2016 lobbying the federal government on behalf of hospitals, drug makers, doctors and health insurers. It spent another $266 million in 2015-16 on…