The author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced on June 15, 2021, that she and her husband Dan Jewett had given US$2.7 billion to 286 organizations, including universities, arts organizations and…
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Click here for more.Effective meetings are critical for engaging family foundation board members. These convenings can provide the opportunity for family members and decision makers to discuss a variety of topics like values,…
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Over the past two centuries, economists, policy makers, and researchers have aspired to “harden” social science. A lot of progress has been made: using randomized, controlled experiments; making “evidence-based” decisions;…
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More than 90 percent of the country’s coal plants are contaminating water across 43 states, according to a new report. And nearly half of them have no plans to clean up…
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During hurricanes, flash flooding and other disasters, it can be extremely dangerous to send in first responders, even though people may badly need help. Rescuers already use drones in some…
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Click here for more.In a volcanic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park is an organism we can learn a lot from. Its scientific name is Fusarium strain flavolapis. It lives in an extremely…
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According to a United Nations senior official, the world’s topsoil could be gone within 60 years. The Dust Bowl in the 1930s in the United States is one example of how…
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Click here for more.Many of us are familiar with the tension between the needs of nonprofits and the giving levels of foundations during economic downturns. At a moment when many nonprofits seek to…
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Trista Harris is a philanthropic futurist and is nationally known as a passionate advocate for leaders in the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. Trista’s work has been covered by the Chronicle…
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The San Francisco Bay Area is among the most economically inequitable places in America, and addressing those inequities will require shifts in philanthropic practice, a report from Northern California Grantmakers and Open Impact finds.…
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As we look ahead to 2023, there is certainly no shortage of big problems for donors to help tackle – reproductive rights access, humanitarian crises, plummeting math and reading test…
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As ubiquitous as “The Internet” is, more than 40 million Americans can’t access it from home. And rural Indigenous communities (at least 628,000 households) are some of the most disconnected. They’ve been forced…