How Science Philanthropy Can Build Equity
It’s time for science philanthropy and communication to cocreate a new era of partnership with communities of color. | Open-access to this article made possible by the Rita Allen Foundation.
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Shifting Philanthropic Power
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic magnified the United States’ racial and class inequities, Teach for America endeavored to put philanthropic power in younger, more racially diverse hands.
Measuring Climate Risk
Climate Risk Labs (CRL), one of the emerging nonprofits tackling the climate crisis, aims to accelerate climate science research and build partnerships that utilize CRL’s data sets to shape future clean energy solutions.
Liberating a Captive Market
Nonprofit start-up Ameelio allows people outside of prisons to send their incarcerated friends and relatives postcards, letters, and photos—for free.
Charting New Futures
New Constellations works with communities to imagine new and better futures, starting with the renewal of Barrow-in-Furness in Great Britain.
Playgrounds for All
Inclusive-design organizations are working to ensure that disabled kids are no longer prevented from playing with their peers.
Reclaiming the Land
The Nashulai Maasai Conservancy is taking back Kenya’s land for Indigenous people.
An Entrepreneurial Workforce
India’s first and largest waste-picker cooperative has inspired community-wide recycling and sustainable living.
Bringing Evidence-Based Policy Change to Rural China
Stanford University’s Rural Education Action Program has established a one-of-a-kind research collaborative among Chinese, US, and European universities to improve the lot of rural Chinese families. Its success shows the potential of applying scientific methods to development and forging global partnerships for social impact.
Two Experiments With Outcomes Frameworks
The new public management model of governance has failed. But an emerging collaborative and democratic approach shows promise.