This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A look at 48,000 conventional monuments in the United States reveals trends in who or what gets memorialized with a statue and who or what does not. In October 2021,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Program officers have a tremendous influence on their grantee’s happiness. CEP’s seminal report on the importance of relationships between program officers and grantees documents that program officers can be a more important…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s and girls’ organizations appear in every nonprofit subsector, spanning causes including education, health, the environment, and the arts. During the past five years, events like the Women’s March and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has made food access more challenging for many communities. In Michigan State University’s Fall 2021 Food Literacy and Engagement Poll, 31% of the people we talked to said the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In philanthropy, the status quo upholds imbalanced power dynamics and barriers that keep out smaller, grassroots organizations, especially those led by people of color who are often closest to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The disparity remains regardless of the women’s academic productivity, specialization, and years on the job. “These women are at the top of their game,” says Eleni Linos, a professor of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To understand how rural America has been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, it is important to grasp that rural America is not a monolith. Communities are diverse both in terms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the course of the pandemic, it’s been apparent to anyone who works with or parents small children how deeply the nation’s difficulties have been felt by its youngest citizens.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit organizations in the United States play a vital role delivering services, strengthening communities, and facilitating civic engagement. In our nationally representative survey of nonprofit organizations fielded January through April…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Gun violence increased by more than 30% in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study. The researchers say that stress, domestic violence, lack of social…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Centro Studi Divulga, in collaboration with the World Farmers Market Coalition (WFMC), recently published a report articulating pathways for global farmers markets to cultivate lasting alternatives to the industrialized food system. The report aims…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “We have a partnership with a regional food bank,” a principal once told me on a school visit. “Each Friday, every eligible student gets a red backpack full of food…