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Advancing racial equity and wellbeing is hard work, especially for on-the-ground organizations that are leading the work. Endowment grantmaking is a tool that foundations can use to ensure that these…

Black Lives Matter protests in cities with Black women police chiefs experienced significantly lower levels of violence – from both police and protesters – than cities with police chiefs of…

Over the past decade, researchers and evaluators of community-based programs and policies have increasingly recognized the value of lived experience as expertise and evidence and have expanded use of community-engaged research methods (CEM). They…

Here are five critical areas for successful partnerships that organizations should consider.

In the U.S. and much of the world, extreme heat is the leading weather-related cause of death. While there is not a single definition of what constitutes extreme heat, there…

Chart by The Economist magazine, adapted by The Rural Blog The 2020 U.S. census was the first in which fewer people were counted in rural c…

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Candid Blog | CEP’s Tanya Gulliver-Garcia explores funding for Maui wildfires–and what learnings the record-setting response to Hawaii’s recent natural hazard hold for future investment in disaster philanthropy.

A fascinating look at the numbers behind The Atlantic Philanthropies’ life-changing projects and world-changing impact—all thanks to the passionate pursuit of getting to zero.

Buildings account for about two-thirds of New York City greenhouse gas emissions—an astonishing figure that highlights the importance of upgrading buildings to make them part of the green energy transition.…

Early in 2020, it was estimated that almost 12 million children in America were living in poverty – a burden disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic kids, as well as those living…

Born and raised in Mount Pulaski, a town in central Illinois, Tom Martin has seen several grocery stores shut their doors over the years. The last one closed in 2016. …