This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 20 million more people faced food crises last year amid armed conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and weather extremes, and the outlook for this year is again grim, according to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Here’s the deal – we are moving into the most inequitable, complex decade the world has faced in nearly 100 years. That complexity is philanthropy’s context and the inequities are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours locating shelters, identifying evacuation routes and piecing together satellite imagery. As the Fourmile Canyon Fire devastated areas to the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Although people commonly think of homelessness as an urban phenomenon, data … indicates that nearly 75,000 people experiencing homelessness were in Balances of State or Statewide Continuums of Care, a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Industrial-scale farming systems enable mass production of cheap animal foods at low cost. However, poorly managed livestock systems have raised various environmental and health concerns. Factory farms, in which 99 percent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A key to growing a successful nonprofit organization is prioritizing the company’s expansion into new markets. Finding different markets keeps a fresh influx of potential customers coming in, as well as potentially…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There are 476 million Indigenous Peoples globally, representing 6.2 per cent of the world’s population. By all measures across philanthropy, Indigenous people are underrepresented. Simply put, Indigenous Peoples represent the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Would you drink carbonated beverages made with carbon dioxide captured from the smokestack of a factory or power plant? How would you feel if that captured carbon dioxide were in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dozens of Philadelphia public schools continue to have serious environmental hazards, including damaged asbestos, peeling lead paint, and mold, according to an analysis by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On May 10, the U.S. Treasury Department released its interim final rule on the use of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. While the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic forced many colleges to move online by mid-March 2020, with little preparation time to serve new student needs arising from the health crisis. As faculty, administrators, and staff…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This Q&A is part of a series highlighting the work of Black education leaders in partnership with the 1954 Project. When she was a senior in high school, Nicole Lynn…