Democracy

Cliquez ici pour lire en français Beginning in 2015, the Hewlett Foundation has built a grantmaking portfolio around Evidence-Informed Policymaking (EIP), within the broader Gender Equity and Governance Program¹.

Over the last two decades, state regulators have allowed companies to release more than a billion pounds of excess pollution.

The increasingly complex online ecosystem offers advantages to violent extremists. The authors identify gaps in current understanding of this online landscape.This detailed analysis suggests new policy settings are required….

In a series of videos from JP Morgan Chase on how the bank’s impact investments are helping BIPOC small businesses grow, George Ashton, president of LISC Fund Management, and Sonja Dean, program officer at LISC Kalamazoo, describe their motivation for connecting entrepreneurs of color with the…

In this podcast episode, Katherine Baicker lays out an innovative blueprint for health care—not to tinker with the system, but to redesign it.

The history of the Qualified Small Business Stock exclusion and how it became a vehicle for perpetuating income and wealth inequality and options for reform.

The changes would allow a broader swath of companies, including many startups, to participate in renewable energy development.

Resources and tools for funders to give more flexibly and further support their movement partners.

A new research study that analyzes the complex relationship between popular organizations and institutional funding in Asia and the Pacific is now out! Synthesizing findings from 20 in-depth interviews that…

Debates over whether colleges can award scholarships that consider a student’s race are creating uncertainty for students and schools.

Hundreds of women who used drugs while pregnant have faced criminal charges — even when they deliver healthy babies.

Funders interested in promoting equity and strengthening democracy should invest in its survival and resilience…