Articles P3520
IN-DEPTH SERIES
The Case for Communications
In this multipart series, presented in partnership with The Communications Network, nonprofit and foundation leaders will share case studies showcasing strategic communications efforts that delivered impact, drove change, and advanced their missions. #case4comm
Social Issues
Community Culture Is a Big Driver in Voter Turnout
Voter turnout can vary widely across states and within cities and counties, even when structural factors are the same. A shared sense of responsibility among residents for taking care of their communities may be part of the explanation.
A Defense of Story
Stories can be overly simple, even deceptive. But more often than not, they help surface and illuminate truth, and embracing their complexity offers deep reward.
Global Issues
Sharing Solutions to Poverty
Efforts to battle poverty in the United States can learn a lot from the developing world, and vice versa. Thankfully some of the barriers between these traditionally isolated domains are falling.
Grassroots Change
To create long-lasting social change, organizations and programs must become embedded in the local community.
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Innovations in Health Equity and Health Philanthropy
Funders are devising new approaches that account for the impact that
social issues have on people’s health.
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Illuminating the Health Equity Challenge
The causes of health inequity are diverse and entwined; the solutions will be as well.
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Partnering with Philanthropy in Native America
Community-based organizations, philanthropic institutions, and federal agencies—all are needed to support and sustain revitalization efforts.
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Building Power, Building Health
By catalyzing the power of people to make change, community organizers equip
people at every level to overcome the myriad barriers to health.