A Master Class for Philanthropy in Listening
Family Pictures USA, a new PBS program, offers tools that foundations and nonprofits can use to conduct their own community photo-sharing events to help people understand that difference is what weaves together the American fabric.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
How to Use Gatherings to Share Ideas, Connect, and Get Things Done
Organizing and running a productive meeting is much more than logistics. It involves knowing whom to invite and why, asking strategic questions, and giving the event the right name.
By Priya Parker
as told to Carrie Clyne
Research Shows How to Advance Public Understanding of Science
Medical breakthroughs, new technology, and other developments happen at a rapid pace, with profound implications for society. It’s vitally important that decision makers, donors, and the public understand them.
It’s Time to Bring Back America’s Noble Impulses
‘Realists’ who say equality, a living wage, and environmentalism are fine in theory but not in practice need to turn to more noble ambitions. Philanthropy can lead the way.
By GRANT OLIPHANT
Contributor
How Philanthropy Can Help Impact Investing Reach Its Potential
Philanthropic organizations can play a critical role in fueling innovative approaches to critical social challenges including poverty, education, and climate change by providing “catalytic capital.”
Why Philanthropy Must Fix the Broken Internet
Just as grant makers rushed in to ensure television didn’t become just a commercial wasteland, so too must foundations ensure that there’s room for nonprofit services like Kiva and Wikipedia online.
By Greg Baldwin
Contributor
How to Protect Nonprofit CEOs From Bad Board Members
When nonprofit leaders worry all the time that their boards are about to fire them, they can’t focus on the mission. Let’s consider adding a third party to mediate or a mutual evaluation system to insulate chief executives from arbitrary acts.
By Rob Blizard
Contributor
Giving the Poor a Voice — With Help From the Rich
Barbara Ehrenreich, author of several much-acclaimed books on the working class, formed a nonprofit that finances journalists to do in-depth reporting about those losing out as inequality grows. More and more, she’s winning grants from the nation’s biggest foundations and billionaire donors.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Advice on Leading in Turbulent Times for Planned Parenthood and Nature Conservancy
A veteran of organizational turnarounds suggests reaching out to critics for advice and making explicit to everyone how decisions are being made as he suggests how to get through hard times — and better yet, avoid them entirely.
A Digital Human Rights Threat Demands More Attention From Foundations
Threats to privacy affect not just people seeking refuge in the United States but also the nonprofits and activists who help them get settled.
By MEDIA DEMOCRACY FUND
Contributor