This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here are some of the building blocks of our foundation advocacy journey, which is relatively new: Advocacy can include many different elements, large and small. Provide board members with examples…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The last few years have seen significant victories for the guaranteed income movement — the push to simply give people cash with no strings attached. Pilot programs in places ranging…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the 2022 midterm election season gets underway, speculation is already mounting that it’s going to be another banner year for female candidates. Early reports suggest that Black women and Republican women are especially poised to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian homeowners. According to the US Census Bureau, there are 2.1 million Native households in the United States. Of these,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When disasters strike, the flood of images on TV and social media can have a powerful psychological impact on children – whether those children are physically in the line of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Testimony of Alliance CEO, Nan Roman, to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee (Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance) at the Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People…
Assistant Director Stephen Menendian presented the Institute’s recent groundbreaking research on the harmful effects of restrictive zoning in the San Francisco Bay Area in this panel organized by SPUR on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nation’s affordable housing shortage affects millions of people with low wages, but for people with disabilities, finding quality housing they can afford is even harder. One in 4 adults in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme flooding has struck almost every corner of the country over the past year, from rural areas in Tennessee and California to the Michigan suburbs and the streets of Brooklyn, New York. Floods have always been by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hello, and welcome to the inaugural episode of Unpacking Philanthropy. I’m Aaron Dorfman. Over the past 15 years while I’ve been lucky enough to lead the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, I’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Imagine that several state legislators decide that Yellowstone National Park is too big. Also imagine that, working with federal politicians, they change the law to downsize the park by a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On one of the first days of our seventh grade sexual health unit in my small western Wisconsin suburb, we watched a speech by Pam Stenzel, one of the most…