This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Leading with Intent: 2017 National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices reveals some troubling information about the diversity of today’s nonprofit boards: We’re making little progress in diversifying our boards, are dissatisfied…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CC BY-ND For all of the gains LGBTQ people have made over the past few decades, sports remain a highly visible reminder that homophobia and transphobia persist. In recent years,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 1, 1990, the US Secret Service executed a search warrant on Steve Jackson Games, a game and publishing company in Austin, Texas, and took its computers and floppy disks. The…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The inaugural Diversity Among Philanthropic Professionals (DAPP) Survey indicated that the demographic makeup of social justice foundations differed significantly from other foundations. • What would account for…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This brief focuses on the policy and budget levers available for English learning funding at the federal, state, and local levels. • How can donors play…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fewer than half of inmates in jails and prisons surveyed in a new study said they would accept a COVID-19 vaccine. The majority surveyed either said they wanted to wait…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Intergenerational shared sites are not a new concept in the United States. Messiah Lifeways, a residential community for older adults in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, opened more than 40 years ago with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Long before the emergence of COVID-19, the United States was struggling to contain a years-long opioid crisis that took tens of thousands of lives every year. Now, with Oxycontin manufacturer…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a cruel reality for more than 200 million girls and women globally, while 3 million girls in Africa are at risk of undergoing FGM every year. The World Health…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since George Floyd’s tragic death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer in May, entire fields have confronted — willingly or not — their track record on diversity, equity, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The question of how private donations can help end America’s long history of systemic racism has stumped even the country’s foremost philanthropists. Solving racism begins with directly addressing America’s persistent…
Philanthropist Agnes Gund and daughter Catherine Gund, Founder & Director of Aubin Pictures, discuss the inspiration and impact of the Art for Justice Fund with Maria Hinojosa, Futuro Media Group…