Individual Giving
Fatal Flaw
After a disaster, donors to relief funds pay more attention to the death toll than to the needs of survivors.
After a disaster, donors to relief funds pay more attention to the death toll than to the needs of survivors.
Human-centered design and systems thinking can help evaluate social impact in a global context.
It’s time to restructure the climate problem from averting a distant global catastrophe to minimizing collective suffering.
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
A $100 million foundation initiative aims to foster urban resilience in the face of disaster.
By bringing people together and by pooling resources, the Housing Partnership network expands the range of affordable places to live.
By quantifying catastrophe risk, we can help society better manage it, and make the world safer and more resilient.
Three huge opportunities and three risks.
To effectively manage climate risks we must strengthen ties between the mitigation and adaptation communities.
Major local events, with some notable exceptions, spur locally based companies to increase charitable giving.