This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For more than 20 years, survey data has highlighted the persistent lack of diversity on nonprofit and foundation boards in the U.S. I often get approached by executives and board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social distancing, more than 171 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently spoke with Mildred McClain, co-founder and executive director of The Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice, which has helped bridge communities and companies for more than three decades. Based in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What began as a roving conversation about the role of happiness in policy among a group of visiting academics (which I was lucky to be a part of) in Bhutan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The coronavirus pandemic deepened entrenched inequalities and took an especially heavy toll on the most vulnerable, but in a grim year there were some notable wins for human rights, Amnesty International…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mayors, local leaders and Biden administration officials urged localities to address the increase of anti-Asian discrimination and violence in cities during a recent U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) meeting. The calls…
Few populations are facing as many simultaneous crises as Native communities. The unique challenges they face including the legacy of genocide and colonialism, the proliferation of large-scale, centralized agriculture, discriminatory…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Systems change! Just saying the words aloud makes me feel like one of the cognoscenti, one of the elite who has transcended the ways of old-school philanthropy. Those two words…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Among the previously mundane routines that have taken on a new level of anxiety during the pandemic, one rises to the top: going to the dentist. There are few other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As president and CEO of The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, I’ve had the great privilege of voluntarily serving alongside 600…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new RAND report argues it’s our entire system of educating and employing people, from their first day at school to their last day on the job. We are preparing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We spoke to 26 funders and nine women’s rights organizations about their motivations, priorities and the challenges they face, to see how funders and practitioners can work together more effectively.…