This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Charles Conn of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation argues against metrics-driven philanthropy, arguing that this lowers the bar for social change by focusing foundations and their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After nearly seven years of protracted and violent conflict, the devastating humanitarian crisis continues to unfold in Syria. In the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, which the United Nations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits and social enterprises generally lack extra funds to help out if things go wrong. Unlike traditional businesses, it’s hard to develop a rain day fund when donors (or investors)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to escalate, limited funds have crippled the humanitarian response. This has left many affected populations without, or with limited,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Students, teachers, parents and allies around the nation are preparing to “march for their lives” next month to rally for increased gun control and school safety measures. The students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rising economic inequality within countries is a defining challenge of our time. A growing body of literature highlights the negative impacts of domestic inequality on a wide number of political,…
U.N. member states are now more than halfway through a two-year process of developing a new Global Compact for Refugees (CGR)—one that is designed to improve responses to displacement by…
There have been four cases of sexual harassment reported in the World Health Organization in 2016, according to an internal audit report presented to the World Health Assembly in May 2017. At a time…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The SDGs cannot be reached without the involvement of community foundations, according to “Local Leadership, Global Impact,” a report the Council on Foundations released. The report evaluates how the more than 1,800…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Basma was in her elementary school classroom near Damascus, Syria when the building was hit. This curious 8-year-old is eager to learn, but violence has displaced her family multiple times.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. North Korea is home to the world’s least reported humanitarian crisis, according to the Switzerland-based NGO Care International. In its “Suffering in Silence” report, the organisation said journalists have concentrated on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Coming out of a historic meeting that brought together philanthropic leaders from Canada, Mexico and the United States, more than 80 philanthropic leaders have joined in solidarity and pledged to…