Insights
What It Takes: Supporting New BIPOC Executives
Release Date:
05/19/2021
By: Bipasha Ray, New Executives Fund Project Director, Open Society Fellowship Program, Open Society Foundations
How Rapid Assessments Can Help the Shift from Response to Recovery
Release Date:
05/13/2021
As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways.
Why New Yorkers should be proud of the 2020 Census Results
Release Date:
05/06/2021
The unprecedented coalition of New Yorkers who came together to get out the count for this census have much to be proud of
As the Pandemic Pushes Women and Girls Further Behind, a Global Response to Gender Inequality Is Needed
Release Date:
05/05/2021
Commitments to gender equality mean little without the financial backing and accountability needed to make them happen.
Don’t Be A Stranger: Tips for Philanthropy on Distancing vs. Building Solidarity
Release Date:
04/27/2021
As in person visits continue to be put on pause, I worry that prolonged distancing might push philanthropy towards more individualism and isolationism, precisely at the moment when collectivity and solidarity are so desperately needed.
It’s Time to Fund Children’s Mental Health
Release Date:
04/15/2021
With exponential increases in depression and anxiety among children, it is clear that we need collective philanthropic efforts to support our next generation.
If We Want to Strengthen Democracy, Let's Start in Our Back Yard
Release Date:
04/14/2021
As New York City heads into its most consequential local elections in a generation, we face a decades-long decline in democratic participation.
Between Resistance and Rebuilding
Release Date:
04/05/2021
Even if we are not in constant rapid response mode as we were over the past four years, we have much to do as social change organizations and advocates.
Pooled Journalism Funds Could Help Save Local Newspapers
Release Date:
03/24/2021
The civic health of communities across the country was dealt yet another blow last month when the hedge fund Alden Global Capital announced it would acquire Tribune Publishing.