This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit businesses hit hard by the pandemic are looking for ways to survive. You can do more than stay open if you are clear about your mission and values and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The big idea Large shares of grants that donor-advised funds distributed from 2014 to 2018 supported educational and religious nonprofits. That’s what we found in one of the first studies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As you consider your personal philanthropic investments this Giving Tuesday, I ask you to reflect not only on what you give, but how you give. So much of the change we saw…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After years of working as a pediatrician in safety-net clinics in San Francisco, Dr. Zea Malawa recognized that her clinical care of Black and Brown families often didn’t address the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, count day — the time when schools take their snapshot of student enrollment — was especially painful in the Twin Cities. Both the Minneapolis and St. Paul districts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food banks often do more than basic food distribution by offering programs that help people gain a foothold out of poverty. Workforce training, financial literacy classes and access to benefits…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We need to fix work, not workers. I believe the inability of employers to fill job openings in 2021 is no labor shortage but rather an indictment of the low-quality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundation and nonprofit leaders came together to discuss changes made to philanthropic practice in response to the crises of the last two years at CEP’s third 2021 Virtual Learning Session.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In and around the tangled roots of the forest floor, fungi and bacteria grow with trees, exchanging nutrients for carbon in a vast, global marketplace. Mapping these relationships could help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a mistaken assumption that community service done by high school students occurs almost automatically and that the hours students give to charities and events are a cinch to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than a third of U.S. students live in some form of affordable housing environment — and many of these students face more academic barriers than their peers, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study finds positive and negative health effects for African American women who use a “Superwoman” persona to cope with the stress of discrimination. The Superwoman persona refers to…