Equity for Native American Communities: Using Mission Investments Alongside Grants
How building relationships with Native communities can lead to economic and culturally grounded social impact for the long term.
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‘Trans-forming’ the Workplace to Be Transgender Inclusive
Transgender and gender-nonconforming people often run into unnecessary barriers that make their jobs harder than they need to be. Here are 10 actions that social sector organizations can take to help.
Aligning Purpose and Investments: Why Are You Stuck?
The case for racial equity is clear, and hundreds of resources are available to help foundations get started. So why does organizational change continue to move slowly?
How to Make Design Thinking More Disability Inclusive
A three-tiered framework for making human-centered design more inclusive of people with disabilities can help organizations improve their own programs.
Attracting Greater Philanthropic Funding: The Private Equity Model
Philanthropic funding has the potential to dramatically increase its scope and impact by taking cues from the private equity investment world.
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Changing Organizational Mindset
An excerpt from Brave New Work contends that managers should become “complexity conscious.”
Podcast
Getting Local: Collaborating With Communities of Color
Leaders working on issues including public health, human rights, and economic development discuss how nonprofits can do better by treating the people they’re trying to help as partners, not patients.
How Universities Can Support Women-Led Entrepreneurship
By taking some simple steps to support women entrepreneurs, accelerator programs like those at the University of California, MIT, and University of San Diego can help reduce notable gender disparities in America's startup landscape.
Three Ways to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy
If funders want to improve DEI in their organizations, they need to re-define risk, emphasize trust, and reflect the communities they serve.
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Dismantling Invisible Barriers to Capital
Nonprofit and philanthropic leaders discuss tools and strategies to help address systemic barriers to investment, power, and voice in the sector.