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Creating progressive social change requires us to have both the data and the narrative. One clear example of an issue where data will never be enough is health inequalities. At FrameWorks, we…

When you think about “philanthropists,” who comes to mind? Maybe it’s Bill and Melinda Gates, maybe it’s Mackenzie Scott. Or maybe your mind goes to the men that our country…

Fiscal sponsorship is a relationship in which an unincorporated group or project seeking to carry out charitable activities affiliates with an existing 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that shares a compatible mission.…

In the job market, who you know can matter even more than what you know. But are schools helping students to develop networks and use them to advance their career goals?

“…wastewater surveillance presents an appealing and cost-effective approach to understand disease trends within school environments.”…

Without a clear understanding of the gaps in the market, it is difficult for impact investors to develop sound strategies to fill them.

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI*) communities are leading a shift in the philanthropic landscape. As demonstrated in the “Stop Asian Hate” movement or in response to the Maui wildfire’s…

Building knowledge is a social process where grantmakers make meaning together. Here’s how grantmakers use data to add value and function to grantmaking.

The Biden Administration is at the point of releasing a final rule articulating the obligation of communities to “affirmatively further fair housing,” an important yet unrealized aspect of the Fair…

On behalf of the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) staff, board, and community of colleagues representing multiple industry sectors and areas of focus, we reiterate our gratitude for being included…

Civil society has attended to social problems for decades while intentionally refraining from overt engagement with politics. But a new field of practice seeks to reinvigorate democracy by emancipating social innovation from this stricture.

There are wide gender gaps in education in the U.S. and across the economically advanced nations, as I describe in my new book  Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern…