This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Survivors of domestic violence face mounting precarity as the COVID-19 and eviction crises collide and create fractures in community and household stability. Disasters and emergencies increase frequency and severity of abuse, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Let’s imagine a typical foundation started by successful businesspeople in order to make charitable contributions each year to a small constellation of nonprofits in their community. Fast-forward a couple of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Bank estimates that the pandemic has pushed as many as 150 million people back into poverty. And, women and girls are more likely to be poor. Yet, we’ve…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prisons have had 10 months to take measures to reduce their populations and save lives amidst the ongoing pandemic. Yet our comparison of 13 states’ parole grant rates from 2019…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. More than 2 million miles of natural gas pipelines run throughout the United States. In Appalachia, they spread like spaghetti across the region. Many of these lines were built in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In an era when our communities are being rocked by a health pandemic, economic upheaval, racial injustice, and political turmoil, the world has never needed more from civil society leaders—and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the Program for International Assessment (PISA) results were released in December 2019, many who saw the United States’ ranking continue to stagnate behind its global competitors conceded that the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Putting two kids in a center costs families more than what they typically spend on food and, in much of the country, on housing. In 28 states and Washington, D.C.,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A critical element for truly eradicating extreme poverty (meaning bringing it below 3 percent of the population in each country—the tolerance level of our measurement systems) is understanding where poor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many rural areas have strong agricultural industries, deep manufacturing roots and committed local residents. Yet, people living in these communities are less likely to have access to health services and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many board members associate performance assessments with judgment, bias, and the need to defend one’s actions. However, without appropriate monitoring and feedback, it is difficult to evaluate whether your board…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As a funder, a community organizer and an equity consultant, Jason Baisden, Paula Swepson and Mary Snow work together to support locally driven changes across historically excluded neighborhoods in McDowell…