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    The Hidden Cost of Incarceration

    The Marshall Project

    Every month, Telita Hayes adds nearly $200 to the commissary account for her ex-husband, William Reese, who has been in the Louisiana State Penitentiary for 28 years. Each prisoner there…

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    How Businesses Can Address Hidden Risks of Nature Loss

    GreenBiz

    As last year’s news headlines have made all too clear, nature is in a state of emergency. In May following the most comprehensive scientific investigation into the planet’s health, a report…

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    How Local Fiscal Funds Can Lift Housing Burdens in a Post-COVID World

    Urban Institute Nov 23, 2021

    The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocated an unprecedented $350 billion in Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to states, counties, tribal governments, and cities to address the pandemic’s disproportionate public health…

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    Why Nonprofit Organizations Need to Strengthen Cybersecurity Practices

    PhilanTopic Nov 23, 2021

    “We do not attack health care, education, charitable organizations, [and] social services,” said a representative of LockBit 2.0 (a prominent cybercrime gang) in an interview with the Russian YouTube channel OSINT earlier…

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    Advancing Equity: Insights from CEO of FSG

    FSG Nov 22, 2021

    I am thrilled to share a few thoughts today about how corporations are advancing equity—what are some lessons learned and what is needed going forward? By way of introduction, I’ve…

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    Tips for Advancing Nonprofit Health

    Independent Sector Nov 22, 2021

    In October, Independent Sector released our second annual Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector. The report details the status of nonprofits’ finances, human capital, governance, and efforts to shape their…

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    Worried About Our Democracy? We Can Effect Change by Giving to Organizers.

    Tricia Raikes Nov 22, 2021

    These past couple of years have again forced a reckoning between the fundamental human rights that American democracy should provide to everyone and the reality that we are falling far…

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    Three Ways to Give to Grassroots this #GivingTuesday (and Beyond)

    Giving Compass Nov 22, 2021

    With the holiday season kicking off, #GivingTuesday is just around the corner. A global movement, #GivingTuesday is a day focused on the two concepts of radical generosity: One, that the…

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    Business Efforts to Understand Plastic Pollution

    GreenBiz

    In a few quick years, great momentum has built around a multitude of business efforts to advance a circular economy, particularly in plastic. Fears that plastic particles soon will outnumber…

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    Kids Should Be Able to Visit Incarcerated Parents

    The Marshall Project

    When I taught elementary school in New York City’s East Village, a student’s grandmother pulled me aside to tell me that the boy’s mom was in prison. She wanted me…

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    What Makes an Effective Nonprofit? Five Common Characteristics

    Exponent Philanthropy Nov 22, 2021

    Often, excellent nonprofits are made, not found. As a donor, you have the power to build and strengthen the nonprofits most aligned with your goals. Identifying the impact you want…

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    Americans Support Climate Change Policies, Especially Those that Give them Incentives and Clean Up the Energy Supply

    The Conversation Nov 22, 2021

    As the Biden administration tries to build support for new climate and energy policies, a set of studies offers some insights that could help them appeal to the widest audience.…

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