This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Problem Upstream I can pinpoint the exact moment my life changed. It was 2002 and I was driving along a dirt road in rural Alabama not far from where…
Ahead of the next United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 27, the UN Foundation’s Managing Director of Climate and Environment, Ryan Hobert, explains why food and agriculture innovation is…
Rural school districts suffered the smallest academic setbacks in math during COVID compared to urban and suburban systems, yet simultaneously the largest losses in reading, new data show. The puzzling…
Home Depot co-founder and owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United teams, Arthur Blank joins episode seven of season 3 of the Giving Done Right podcast, alongside President and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year, the release of the national Point-in-Time (PIT) Count garners a lot of attention from the media. The PIT provides very important information – a snapshot – that captures…
Many of the ocean’s most charismatic animals spend their lives swimming, flying or gliding thousands of miles, from the coasts to the high seas. Arctic terns, humpback whales and sea…
According to the latest Global Economic Prospects Report, by the end of 2022, the world will be, at best, half-recovered. Perhaps the single most important reason for the unequal recovery is…
Our communities deserve more than good intentions. And yet, across the philanthropy sector, aspirations are slow to turn into action. At the McKnight Foundation, we recognize PEAK’s leadership in advancing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seeing Governance with Fresh Eyes As India faced a new wave of COVID-19 in the autumn of 2021, Jaspreet Talwar was tasked with addressing Punjab’s shortage of oxygen concentrators and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Jara Dean-Coffey talks to colleagues about philanthropic evaluation, she makes sure to include a history lesson. The founding director of Equitable Evaluation Initiative, which sees reshaping philanthropic evaluation practice…
In one of the first studies to explore how COVID-19 specifically affects older infants, researchers found that the number of infected people in a household was the factor most closely…
In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have,…