This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment and Impact Officer, respectively, of the philanthropic fund Blue Meridian Partners, Nancy Roob and Jim Shelton invest in strategies that can transform the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Council on Foundations released a report about the impact community foundations can make in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The report, in part a landscape analysis of how community foundations already…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the world’s most vulnerable populations through lost lives, health, jobs, incomes, assets, and education. The World Bank’s High-Frequency Phone Surveys (HFPS) help identify the main…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Farmers are getting less of what we pay for food, research from 61 countries around the world finds. The new study in Nature Food examines how much of what consumers pay for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hi everyone. Quick reminder: Please get flu shots for you and your family, if you are able to. Hospitals and healthcare workers are overwhelmed by COVID, so in addition to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is time to change the narrative around social infrastructure investments for families. We beg to differ with people like Senator Manchin. It is urgent that our country invest in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. CUMAC’s two-story facility in Northern New Jersey has the look and feel of a standard food bank, with a warehouse, a handful of trucks, a client-choice pantry, and even a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After 18 months of shuttered schools, children across the country are back in class — but thousands of teachers and other critical school workers across the country are not. Faced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened global inequities. The world’s poor have borne the brunt of national lockdowns and will struggle to recover and poorer countries have been unable to rollout…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The summer of 2021 was devilishly hot across much of the U.S. Just five minutes in an attic guest room with no air conditioning could be enough to leave a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, 16 years after Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ida battered southeast Louisiana and left hundreds of thousands of people without power. The storm, one of the strongest to hit Louisiana,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Restoring native habitats to at least 20% of the world’s land currently being used by humans…