How Collaboration Can Spur Innovation and Spread Good Ideas (Part I)
Release Date:
07/14/2016
Leigh Ross of the NY Community Trust identifies key predictors of success for education funders who want to collaborate.
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Foundations Team Up to Fund Invisible Transgender Communities
Release Date:
07/12/2016
Roz Lee of Arcus Foundation hopes you will view funding transgender communities as similar to a prism, with each facet representing an area of focus already supported by the philanthropic sector.
Youth Leaders are Changing the Conversation on College Access
Release Date:
06/30/2016
Cassie Schwerner of the Schott Foundation writes about "Stepping Up," a film that frames youth leadership and organizing in a profoundly needed way.
Philanthropy Can Play a Role In Managing Student Debt Crisis
Release Date:
06/27/2016
Cynthia Rivera Weissblum, CEO of the Edwin Gould Foundation, asks funders of college access and success programs to look carefully at whether the “college-or-bust” mentality encourages students to disregard the hardship in store for them when they...
Learning What Worked to Support Women After the 2008 Recession
Release Date:
06/23/2016
Erin McDonald & Elizabeth James of the New York Women’s Foundation say six years after the Great Recession was declared over, many women continued to experience significant hardship.
Why U.S. Foundations Should Take the Global Sustainable Development Goals Seriously
Release Date:
06/21/2016
Ed Cain of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation says the SDGs constitute the broadest, most ambitious development agenda for getting the world off of its self-destructive, unsustainable path.
After Orlando – After the Anger and Sadness – There Is Work to Be Done
Release Date:
06/15/2016
Dara Major and Beverly Tillery of the NYC LGBTQ Anti-Violence Project say the Orlando shooting is a stark reminder that much work remains to be done.
Less Talking, More Doing: Operationalizing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy
Release Date:
06/15/2016
Susan Olivo of the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation and Cynthia Rivera Weissblum of the Edwin Gould Foundation write about issues hindering diversity in philanthropy.
Why Should We Care About Tax Policy?
Release Date:
06/14/2016
Kyle Caldwell of the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Donna Murray-Brown of the Michigan Nonprofit Association and Rob Collier of the Council of Michigan Foundations all agree that taxes and tax policy matter, especially in the nonprofit sector.
Four Ways Philanthropy Can Support School Integration
Release Date:
06/09/2016
Halley Potter of The Century Foundation asks: How can we translate research into policy? And how can we support and expand burgeoning efforts to diversity schools?
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