Philanthropy & Funding
The Civic Media Crisis and What Philanthropy Can Do
Protecting the independent media and the public sphere presents an epic challenge, but there is great opportunity for philanthropy to step up and help.
Tag: United States
Philanthropy & Funding
Can a Surge in Giving Be Bad News?
Recent leaps in giving to specific causes in the United States probably don’t represent a net addition to the annual total—which means a lean season for many nonprofits unless foundations step up their game.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Systematic Starvation of Those Who Do Good
Despite the importance of human services and other nonprofits to employees and those they serve, many nonprofit workers do not earn a living wage. We can do better.
Government
Social Innovation Comes to Pennsylvania Avenue
President Obama experimented with radically new ways of maximizing the impact of social programs.
Education
Civics for the Internet Age
A new, bipartisan curriculum aims to help US students make sense of a highly polarized country.
Economic Development
Disrupting the Disruptors: Collaborating to Advance Financial Health Through Technology
Four lessons for innovators, funders, and policymakers working to promote financial health in the United States.
Impact Investing
Market Making for Mission
Foundations have an important role to play in impact investing—in building platforms and products that efficiently mobilize capital, mitigate risk, and improve liquidity.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Pink Hats Were Awesome. Now Let’s Deliver.
We need to double down on the gritty business of impact. Here’s how.
Impact Investing
Constancy and Thoughtful Realignment: The Next Era of Social Investing
The changing US political playground requires that foundations both focus on what works and actively explore what might work in uncertain times ahead.
Cities
Unlocking the Potential of Tactical Urbanism
Many small-scale (but scalable) creative efforts to foster tangible urban change, inspired by the burgeoning “tactical urbanism” movement, have met with success—and yet the movement itself faces limitations. How might this approach continue to evolve so as to effect inclusive, sustainable, and meaningful social and political change at the local level?