Filling the Gap in Media Funding
Foundations are increasing their media-related grantmaking—but they need to do more.
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The Snowden Leaks: Turning the Outside In
Our digital infrastructure is rapidly eroding accepted boundaries that diplomacy, good governance, and politics have relied on for centuries.
CauseFests: Philanthropy’s New Marketplace
A report from the 2013 Clinton Global Initiative and Social Good Summit—the trading floors of the new philanthrocapitalism.
In Search of Respectful Debate
Reasonable, open, and credible debate is missing across government, business, and civil society—how can we bring it back?
A Sporting Chance
In troubled spots around the world, Right to Play shows how fun and games can be a serious tool for development.
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Making Founder Successions Work
Nonprofits benefit when they carefully plan an extended role for founders who step down. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.
A Failure of Philanthropy
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
Circles of Change
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Offsetting Green Guilt
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
Reconnecting Youth in America’s Cities
A new report examines the relationship between place and race, and disconnected youth in the United States.