This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Tampa, Florida, a food bank is giving away what they’re calling “paper turkeys” — gift cards — instead of real turkeys. In Colorado Springs, Colorado, one food bank doesn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Aid organizations provide valuable help to those in need, often in times of crisis or vulnerability. However, it’s equally valuable for these humanitarian groups to be accountable for the aid…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The systems and policies that guide the U.S. financial industry have helped create a wide and long-standing racial wealth gap. In 2019, the typical white family had eight times the wealth…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The number of retired people in their late 50s and early 60s is growing fast in South Korea. In 2010, 24 percent, or 1.7 million people between the ages of 58 and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year at about this time, as people become more inclined to donate to charity for the holidays, memes start floating around regarding nonprofit overhead rates. “Don’t give to these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a warming world, extreme weather events cause more damage and economic losses than ever before. They’re one of the most visible impacts of climate change and one of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is an African proverb that goes ‘he who does not trust enough, will not be trusted.’ The word ‘trust’ is sometimes used in philanthropy to describe relationships between donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S.-based environmental NGOs are employing more people of color, but foundations continue to disproportionately fund more white-led organizations than those led by people of color, a report from Green 2.0 finds. Based…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his 2007 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, Al Gore warned, “The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented — and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.” It’s hard…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Implicit bias training does not meaningfully influence the part of the brain largely responsible for implicit bias and our instinctive reactions others who we do not consider to be our in-group,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At 75, Linda Grotberg is more than ready to retire. Instead, however, the mother of 11 and grandmother of 40 manages a small grocery store in her hometown of Wimbledon,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As last year’s news headlines have made all too clear, nature is in a state of emergency. In May following the most comprehensive scientific investigation into the planet’s health, a report…