This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we move into a crucial decade of action on achieving serious progress on sustainability, many are hoping the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic recession will serve to reset our…
Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy & Impact at Giving Compass, and Ashindi Maxton, Executive Director of the Donors of Color Network, discuss the climate justice landscape and the new Climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just over two weeks before she died of complications from COVID-19 in December 2020, Dr. Susan G. Moore recorded a smartphone video from her bed in an Indiana hospital. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Visibility within the transgender community is often a Catch-22, especially for trans people of color, or those living in rural, conservative areas. Hiding one’s identity can be a damaging experience…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been more than 492,000 documented cases of COVID-19 among inmates and staff in US prisons, jails, and detention centers, according to the COVID…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Oftentimes phrases such as “racial equity journey” and “doing the work” are paired together in conversations devoted to issues of equity. But what exactly does the journey look like? What…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Focus our processes on learning and improvement. Many foundations ask grantees and prospective grantees to jump through hoops that take up too much of their precious time, are out of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. City Lab published a report ranking the least livable cities for Black women. In addition to Pittsburgh, the top five were Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Augusta. Such largely Midwest areas once…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the United States, environmental giving comprises just 3% of total philanthropy (Giving USA). And it’s been stuck at this paltry amount of total charitable giving for more than a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools are now using a hybrid classroom model, with some students attending…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Business leaders from different sectors and spanning multiple continents are joining forces to call for an end to the death penalty, urging governments to commute death sentences, impose moratoria on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ten years into Syria’s violent conflict, Syrians remain the largest refugee population worldwide. The vast majority of these refugees reside in neighboring countries, with 5.5 million living in Turkey, Lebanon,…