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A lot of ink is spilled and awards are bestowed celebrating the success of the social sector – and there is much to celebrate. But the truth is, if innovation…

Sarah Kearney found her mission right out of high school. That summer, a wealthy family asked her to help launch a philanthropy focused on fighting climate change. She’d so impressed…

After Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico in September 2017, emergency response teams rushed to support survivors of the deadliest and costliest storm ever to hit the island. Among them was a team…

A global perspective on environmental issues. Our mission is to inform, educate, enable and create a platform for global environmental action.

Right now, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild and reimagine America’s infrastructure systems. Following a decade of underfunding and maintenance backlogs, last year’s historic bipartisan commitment of more than $1 trillion…

Program funders and impact investors are vital parts of the community development ecosystem, helping power transformative progress every day. But even with their support, years of unrelenting pressure have taken a toll on community-based organizations.

Global health professionals need to build a culture fostering trust and learning in which we can learn as much from what doesn’t work as from what does.

2023 was an inflection point in the evolution of artificial intelligence and its role in society. The year saw the emergence of generative AI, which moved the technology from the…

A new study reveals that 75% of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view.

Major cities on the US Atlantic coast are sinking, in some cases as much as 5 millimeters per year, a new study shows.

Plastics, taxes, and expensive desserts: Grist reporters weigh in on the climate trends that will shape the year ahead.

Over the last several years, the philanthropy teams in major corporations have seen their jobs change dramatically.Some of the changes were already underway when, in 2019, the Business Roundtable published a new statement of ……