A year of turbulence has exposed the dangers of philanthropic monocultures and upended assumptions about impact, effectiveness, and scale. Embracing the varied intentions that motivate people to give offers a more resilient, pluralistic path forward.
How an excessive focus on methods has distracted attention from the more fundamental challenge of building rigor and learning overall.
Philanthropy's role in Minneapolis must be to build for after the current crisis passes.
How cooperatives, public institutions, and social movements can come together to intentionally build a practical, community-owned alternative to extractive AI systems.
How we developed a new benchmark to shift philanthropic norms
An excerpt from Daisy Fancourt’s Art Cure on the science behind the arts and healthier living
What the next economic phase of artificial intelligence means for public interest work and how organizations can protect equity, access, and themselves.
Abundance and justice aren't mutually exclusive. Narrative lessons from three major advocacy movements of recent years.
As international aid to improve education outcomes declines, a new partnership model shows the key to success isn't external funding, it's strategic integration into existing public education systems.
