This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Navajo Nation — a Native American territory that spans Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah in the United States — recently had a 10-day streak of zero COVID-19 related deaths. The population of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Memory cafés are expanding across the United States, mirroring the dramatic increase in Americans who have or are expected to have Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) in coming years. By offering social support and connection, socialization, health,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each and every person can be a philanthropist, and I believe philanthropy is more about generosity than it is about wealth. As a Muslim, I am invited by my faith…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People in prison have been 5.5 times more likely to get COVID-19 and have suffered a COVID-19 mortality rate 3 times higher than the general public. Now, new data from UCLA Law’s COVID-19…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, has been praised recently for her great generosity – the New York Times cited more than US$6 billion (£4.3 billion) in charitable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits that end up failing typically make two major mistakes. First, they pour too much money into programs and not enough into overhead, which may help more people in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nothing about us without us. This declaration has become a rallying cry for the disability rights movement. It could just as well be a call to arms for participatory grantmaking — the practice of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States is the only advanced economy in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that does not guarantee any paid family and medical leave to its entire workforce.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the aftermath of the powerful racial justice protests that swept the nation in the summer of 2020, the Raikes Foundation launched the Black Leadership & Power Fund to support leaders of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2021 Data on Purpose (DoP) conference featured data scientists, researchers, policymakers, leaders of nonprofits and foundations, private industry professionals, and other experts sharing the latest research- and practice-based insights into digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last several weeks, it has become clearer what the post-COVID-19 higher education landscape will look like. The trends that will shape the sector’s future are not new. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States has a jobs problem. When the COVID-19 pandemic plunged the economy back into recession in early 2020, it laid bare a fragile and profoundly inequitable labor market.…