This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 150 million Americans—over half of U.S. adults—have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose. But many people are hesitant to get the shot. A recent poll found that more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving circles have a unique role to play in accelerating LGBTQ philanthropy. That’s what we learned during week two of the We Give Summit, during a session called – The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Johnny Smith spent almost 24 hours shackled in the back of a prison van—barely conscious and muttering incoherently—before he died there in 2011. A private company was hauling the 48-year-old…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After serving 24 years in prison, Pamela Thompson was freed with no money, no cellphone, and no awareness of how to navigate the new world she’d just been released into.…
A challenge for people with promising ideas is to have someone believe in their work and offer the first grant. Philanthropy has the freedom to provide this risk capital, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new study, Aligning Financial Sustainability with Student Access and Success: Opportunities for Private Colleges, published by TIAA Institute and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), highlights long-term academic and financial opportunities for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The findings, published in the journal Demography, suggest blanket increases across multiple measures, with pain rising in every adult age group, in every demographic group, and at every site of pain…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Between 2020 and 2040, the number of senior households (those headed by someone age 65 or older) will explode. And during this period, we project the senior homeownership rate will drop from…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world’s attention has turned again to deadly scenes of Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip and the launching of rockets by the militant group Hamas into Israel. It follows…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the past few weeks, and frankly, for the past few years, I have been sitting with variations of the question, are we better off divided? Our heightened partisanship, polarization, and political violence in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The hacking of a major US oil pipeline Friday is the latest in a string of cyberattacks under federal investigation. The stories read like movie loglines: A reportedly Russia-backed group slowly burrowed its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As we look to imagine a post-pandemic future, philanthropy is considering its next steps to advance a more equitable future. We witnessed an unprecedented response from our sector to support…