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To dismantle oppressive systems on a structural level requires rewriting the standard philanthropic dynamic. The way people think about, organize around, and discuss change, and ultimately the legal and political…

Political and legislative losses in recent years have made clear that a comprehensive philanthropic strategy is needed, one that protects marginalized communities from physical and political attacks while building the economic, cultural, and political power we need to create a future where we all…

Doors have been opening, facilitated in part by the racial reckoning of 2020. At the same time, [Black women leaders] are experiencing the “glass cliff”: being hired or promoted into leadership, often in the midst of crisis, with unrealistic expectations to fix or turn things around and little…

Young children benefit initially from early education programs, but how that benefit affects them long-term is less clear.

A Baltimore-based initiative seeks to use recoverable grants to address inequity.

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Brown decision, I wanted to look at how far we’ve come in integrating our schools and how far we still have to go.

If you were told that over half of young people in the United Kingdom would prefer to live under a dictatorship, what year would you say this data was drawn from?It might shock you to learn that the…

The community on the coast of Washington state has a plan to establish a new village with low-impact development and green infrastructure.

One of the most frequently asked questions I receive from grantmakers after they complete a Grantee Perception Report (GPR) with CEP is, “How would you recommend sharing these findings back…

Katy Knight is executive director and president of Siegel Family Endowment, a foundation focused on understanding and shaping the impact of technology on society.  Knight joined the foundation in 2017 as…

Despite widespread acceptance in impact investing of the need for reliable impact data, funding for producing it lags behind.

At the 2024 Collective Impact Action Summit, we had an incredible plenary conversation on power-building, trust, and supporting movements beyond moments of reckoning. 10 years after Ferguson, we heard from grassroots organizers and funders in St.