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Organizational budget size is a favorite proxy indicator in philanthropy. Donors use rules of thumb to streamline grantmaking due diligence, but generalizations are imperfect. Using organizational budget size as a…

What looks like racial progress at many nonprofits can set up leaders of color to fail.

Most educators favor more mental health screening for students and oppose arming teachers, though their views are more divided when it comes to whether security officers should have weapons.

There is ample evidence that poor oral health plays a role in many chronic diseases.

Participation by 130 single caregivers in a guaranteed income program resulted in increased financial stability — but it also made space for parenting and quality time.

This is the fourth and final in a series of posts contributed by the Feedback Incentives Learning Group, a group of funders convened by Feedback Labs that are dedicated to encouraging peer funders…

More than one-third of U.S. households pay more than 30% of their income for housing.

Students from rural and small-town districts represent nearly a third of the nation’s public school enrollment. Forty-one percent of U.S. schools are located in these areas. The economic forces changing these…

The newly designated community disaster resilience zones will guide hazard mitigation policy as well as private and nonprofit investment to reduce the growing risks of climate change.

Children from all walks of life improved their diet quality when they ate school-prepared lunches, according to a new study.

A recent federal study on graduation rates for American colleges and universities shows that 40% of all students did not earn a degree or credential within eight years of leaving…

In February 2024, the Office of Homeless Youth (OHY) and A Way Home Washington (AWHWA) released “Yes to Yes” Washington State: Unaccompanied Youth and Young Adult (YYA) Homelessness Landscape Scan.…