Spend time in a city in summer and you can feel the urban heat rising from the pavement and radiating from buildings. Cities are generally hotter than surrounding rural areas,…
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What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done? It might have been something reckless or impulsive, adventurous, or just plain stupid. Here’s mine: I joined a group that works on creating…
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In addition to a growing appreciation of the role of “social determinants of health”—housing, transportation, nutrition, and other factors in influencing health—it is becoming better understood that certain cross-sector partnerships…
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Spend time in a city in summer and you can feel the urban heat rising from the pavement and radiating from buildings. Cities are generally hotter than surrounding rural areas,…
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The past two years have been a time of incredible change, including rapid shifts in the way we work as a philanthropic sector. When Covid-19 hit in early 2020, we…
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Click here for more.The U.S. Department of Treasury awarded states and localities $46.5B in Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) to help people avoid eviction and homelessness. ERA funds can cover rental payments, move-in expenses,…
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Click here for more.Philanthropy is not like investing. Nonprofits are not like business. Even the most casual reader of this blog or occasional follower of CEP’s work has heard me make this argument many times…
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The business benefits of being a “socially good” company are clear. According to research by Deloitte, purpose-oriented companies grow three times faster on average than their competitors. Moreover, they report…
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The last year has spotlighted the frailty of many US institutions, as well as Americans’ lack of trust in them. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, voter suppression, and other issues…
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Hear from frontline leaders about what donors can do today, from bold public stands to generous funding for local, independent abortion clinics and funds. Whether you support health access or…
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Rural school districts in Missouri are rapidly adopting a four-day week for classes, saying it helps them recruit badly needed teachers, reports DC Benincasa of Missouri Business Alert. Since 2010, 119 Missouri districts…
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Student systems are intended to link all the services students use and make the learning environment user-friendly, according to the Tambellini Group. Although they comprise part of a college’s core…