This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is known as a “day of service,” an opportunity to celebrate the holiday by volunteering in your community. This year, the Washington Post decided to commemorate the holiday with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a time when finding our footing is most challenging, nonprofit staff burnout is real. Social change organizations are not immune from “the great resignation.” And Gallup cites that levels…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Ruth Jones lives on top of the world – her world, anyway. From nine stories high, she can gaze down at a sun-smothered, urban Arizona sprawl featuring a school she…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On a late November morning, Julia Bernal walked a stretch of riverbank along the Rio Grande in Sandoval County, New Mexico, between Santa Ana and Sandia Pueblo. Bernal pointed out…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change risks continue to dominate the global economic threat register even as the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, with fresh estimates suggesting the overall bill for last year’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a recent class, my freshmen and I were discussing the best ways to engage with the complex world of high school. We talked about how to juggle multiple deadlines,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Rivers need water — a fact that may seem ridiculously obvious, but in times of increasing water development, drought and climate change, the quantity of natural streamflow that remains in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Consider this scenario: A nonprofit organization known for its ability to deliver lifesaving resources mobilizes in response to a natural disaster, but supplies do not arrive as scheduled. Attempts to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite a national nursing shortage in the United States, over 80,000 qualified applications were not accepted at U.S. nursing schools in 2020, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. This was due…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two centuries of burning fossil fuels has put more carbon dioxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere than nature can remove. As that CO2 builds up, it traps excess…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In its recently released report, “Foundations Respond to Crisis: Lasting Change?,” the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) shared new research in which foundations reported working differently now than in early…
Giving Compass’ Take: • Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy highlights 11 trends in the social sector that philanthropists should take note of in 2022. • How can you adjust…