This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mexico on Monday withdrew its offer of aid to the United States to help victims of Hurricane Harvey, saying those resources are now needed at home as Mexico recovers from a separate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Money has never played a bigger role in our elections and brazen attempts to politicize and influence the courts are also growing—from repeals of public financing to unprecedented amounts of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. EPIP’s Chicago Chapter kicked off the 2017 programming year with an event devoted to “What is the role of philanthropy in social change?” At this meeting we defined 1) social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For those tuning in late, last week Pakistan’s Supreme Court disqualified Sharif over charges that he had failed to report income from a family-owned firm in the United Arab Emirates…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, the tension between philanthropy as democratic threat and democratic expression runs as high as ever. It’s not surprising, then, that the democratization of philanthropy has become an increasingly prominent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We can now say that community foundations across the United States are officially international grantmakers. We’ve witnessed the emerging trend of US community foundations making global grants for several years.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Building community resilience is the process of strengthening capacities of individuals, communities, governments, and other social systems to manage natural disasters effectively in order to minimize losses, and “bounce back”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cocoa beans are the most important ingredient in chocolate, and without a consistent and ongoing supply of quality cocoa, chocolate products wouldn’t be possible. As the Supply Chain Director for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. You swallow hard when you discover that the old coffee shop is now a chain pharmacy, that the place where you first kissed so-and-so is now a discount electronics retailer,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America casts a long shadow on discussions of the role of charitable giving, associations, and civil society in a democracy. While the nineteenth century Frenchmen…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As part of our “Americans in the UN” project to share the stories of Americans who work for the United Nations, we talked to Chris Boian, who was born on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In collaboration with open innovation platform OpenIDEO, Minneapolis-based GHR Foundation is inviting social innovators to come together to address urgent global challenges at the intersections of peace, prosperity and planet in radically new ways.…