This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the most charitable country in the world according to Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index report from 2019, which analyzed data from the past 10 years. From my…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The realities, challenges, and larger context of what Black and brown trans communities are facing locally and nationally are not well-known to funders or to our society in general. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are particular laws and policies that explicitly target and harm people experiencing homelessness. These include camping bans, sit/stand ordinances, and the plethora of other “quality of life” laws. These…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the last year and a quarter, the pandemic has served as a stark reminder of just how unequal America still is. But it also hasn’t been a “reminder” for everyone. Black…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deaths in assisted-living facilities were significantly higher in 2020 than in 2019, according to a new study. The findings show the crucial need to pay specific attention assisted living residences…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Housing costs are rising faster than incomes, putting greater financial stress on U.S. families. In 2017, nearly half of renter households spent more than 30 percent of their income on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although COVID-19 has swept across the entire country, its burden has not been spread equally. Some communities—particularly those with a large minority population—suffer high infection rates, hospitalizations, and deaths. “Our…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year in the US, nearly 7 million women and 5.7 million men are victims of domestic violence. As the COVID-19 pandemic takes a toll on communities around the world, domestic violence victims face…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. About 425,000 rural Americans completed their coronavirus vaccinations last week, increasing the fully-vaccinated rate in nonmetropolitan counties by about 1 percentage point over the week before and bringing the rural…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In November 2012, an article in The Telegraph reported that a flagship UK government welfare-to-work scheme was “worse than doing nothing.” In May 2016, the Independent splashed another headline to make the government wince: “Watchdog…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eighteen-year-old Nyché Andrew stepped on stage to take the podium in front of her classmates and their families on an overcast afternoon last month. “We would like to take this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today NCRP celebrates the announcement from the Brooklyn Community Foundation that going forward, they will ensure that “at least 30 percent of all grants–both in discretionary grantmaking and across Donor Advised Funds”…