Bringing non-family members, people with diverse perspectives, and professional advisors into decision-making can help family foundations take greater risks and bolder action toward their missions.
How philanthropy can support low-income families to build powerful networks and craft policy solutions that reduce poverty in the United States.
An excerpt of Twenty Years of Life: Why the Poor Die Earlier and How the Challenge Inequity
New digital projects could make legal services far more accessible—but they need to be about more than just the technology.
Mass protest mobilizations play a critical role in creating the necessary conditions for cultural and political change. When grantmakers and major donors fail to appreciate how they work, they are missing a huge opportunity.
Framing the opioid epidemic as a crisis and an individual problem obscures the power of prevention and society’s role in promoting it.
A prescription for healing the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance.
Chicago’s My Block My Hood My City uses the concept of travel to get young, low-income residents more connected with their city.
In the shift from #MeToo to Time’s Up, movement leaders are strategically framing sexual violence as a social and cultural problem, rather than an individual problem. Doing so helps people think about the broad range of actions we can take to systemically prevent sexual violence.
To curb rising inequality, global leaders must work together to stop the flow of illicit wealth and mitigate tax avoidance.
