Changing the Game
A collaboration between Nike and the Tucker Center taught us about how to keep girls in sports and how to get more from cross-sector partnerships.
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The Portfolio Defense of ESG
Shareholder stewardship should prioritize companies’ effects on the economy and investors’ entire portfolios.
Rating Foundations Without Their Permission
We created the Foundation Practice Rating to encourage UK foundations to improve their practices.
The God’s-Eye View of ESG
Satellite technology can remake the reporting of environmental, social, and governance standards. But this spatial finance revolution requires help from industry and government.
To Save Democracy, Fund Organizing
Philanthropies concerned with toxic polarization and growing political extremism should invest in community organizing.
Saudi Female Social Entrepreneurs
Women in the Middle East seeking to launch social enterprises face significant barriers, but they can overcome them by leveraging social ties.
Anchoring Higher Education in the Community
At College Unbound, we aim to empower adult learners to transform their families, communities, and workplaces. We also aspire to transform higher education.
When Community Input Goes Wrong
California’s housing crisis has its roots in the veto power of local governments and communities.
Inclusive Growth for Heartland Cities
Tulsa is piloting a new model to measure its growth, hoping other cities will follow suit.
Development, Equity, and Inclusion
Global growth has left too many populations and geographies behind. Inclusive development requires national initiatives to act small and community initiatives to act big.