This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School closures due to the nationwide lockdown in March 2020 meant that children were disengaged with formal education for a prolonged period. The resulting talks around e-education exposed India’s digital…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic-driven upheaval of the K-12 education system is doing something many say has been nearly impossible — opening a door for significant reforms that would disrupt decades or century-old practices and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s more important than ever that news stories about disasters in the time of a pandemic frame the impacts of environmental phenomena in meaningful ways. The combined effects of the…
The world around us — and the way we give — is changing. Iara Peng, Founder of JustFund, and Afi Tengue, VP of Philanthropy and Impact at Giving Compass, discuss how tech platforms…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a longtime advocate for multiyear general operating support (GOS), reading CEP’s recent report, New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support, was a sobering and frustrating experience.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2020 women donors may go down in history as having been the first class of women donors to drive massive political change in one election. According to data from the…
America is experiencing a housing affordability crisis. Even before the pandemic, in no state, metropolitan area, or county in the U.S. could a worker earning the federal or prevailing state…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is often said that the opposite of poverty is not wealth but justice. Evidence shows that enabling access to justice has a disproportionate impact on a country’s economic development and on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, along with fellow Exponent Philanthropy staff, colleagues, and board members, I participated in a learning session on equity, inclusion, and diversity. Collectively, our eyes were opened, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Problem The abrupt closing of schools, early childhood programs, and child care centers to contain COVID-19 undoubtedly saved thousands of lives. This life-saving measure has had an unintended consequence:…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In communities with mask mandates, consumer spending increased by 5% on average, research finds. The economy and coronavirus pandemic were two of the top issues for voters in the 2020…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The idea of “100% board giving” is one of those concepts that somehow have become entrenched in our sector, an unwritten truth that we don’t question. To this day, I…