Water & Sanitation
The United States Needs Its Own WASH Sector
Water, sanitation, and hygiene projects are not just for low-income countries overseas. They are also desperately needed at home. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
The Paradox of American Health Care
Nonprofit hospitals have long commercialized their services to cover their costs. A research article in the Summer 2020 issue.
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Grecian Urns and Trend Reports
The value of a nonprofit is the presence and participation of its stakeholders and constituents. Technology creates the framework to make that value real. Part of the Technology for Change supplement sponsored by Salesforce in the Summer 2020 issue.
Advocacy
Nonprofit Advocacy and Democracy
Charitable organizations have become political intermediaries for corporations and other powerful interests. A research article in the Summer 2020 issue.
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Invading the Darkness of Child Sex Trafficking
How Shared Hope International uses digital tools and meaningful grassroots experiences to activate support.
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From Measurement to Success
Urban Institute’s work highlights the transformative potential of investing in data and tech.
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Technology Is Her Compass and Data Is Her Guide
Pencils of Promise CEO Tanya Ramos blazes new trails as an early adopter of digital tools.
Collaboration
How Philanthropy Can Create Public Systems Change
Philanthropic investment in the public system through the social sector can enable statewide systems change. Here is the story of how one initiative transformed access to public higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Californians. Read other feature stories or Editor-in-Chief Eric Nee's note from the Spring 2020 issue.
Human Rights
Defend, Develop, Decolonize
Less than 0.3 percent of philanthropic dollars go to indigenous communities, despite disproportionate poverty and challenges in vital areas such as education and infrastructure. The NDN Collective is shifting that balance. A What's Next article from the Spring 2020 issue.
Technology
A Peaceful Cyberspace
Geneva-based CyberPeace Institute offers a beacon of hope for cybersecurity in an increasingly unsecured and dangerous cyberspace. A What's Next article from the Spring 2020 issue.