Foundations
What Price Democracy?
A slippery slope: from good-willed private philanthropy in support of public goals to a system in which private goals predominate.
Tag: Elections
Individual Giving
Giving Black
A study from Liberty Hill Foundation provides insights into building philanthropy in African American communities.
Civil Society
Follow the Money
MapLight, a nonprofit that crunches data to determine the influence of money in politics, aims to make government more accountable.
Government
The Poverty Credential
Politicians' personal stories about overcoming poverty won’t fuel economic mobility.
Environment
Keeping Climate Change Out of the Presidential Campaign
The complete absence of climate change from the first two presidential debates was the best thing that could have happened to the cause.
Government
Citizen as Designer
By shifting the responsibility of the citizen from deciding to designing, we can redirect resources away from conflict and toward creating better ideas.
Podcast
Global Issues
Promoting Civic Engagement and Voting
Organizations are finding that subtle changes in language make a difference in how people vote.
Civic Engagement
Civic Education Through Social Networks
In Kenya, civic education programs reached 4.5 million people in advance of the 2002 election.
Philanthropy
ReCoding Good: Part 4
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Philanthropy
ReCoding Good: Part 3
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.