Ditch Grand Strategies and Focus on How Change Really Happens
Philanthropy reflexively tries to solve problems with sweeping plans. Instead, fix what matters most to people — from a broken stoplight to education — to set off a chain reaction of community-driven action.
By Richard Harwood
Contributor
How Funders Can Protect Grantees — and Themselves — From Civil Society Attacks
At a time of escalating threats to journalists, grant makers should bolster the security of nonprofit media outlets but also can’t ignore their own risks.
By Carroll Bogert
Contributor
The Power of Doing Good When So Much Is Bad. Try It.
In chaotic times, volunteering remains a potent force for connection, transformation, and hope.
By Eboo Patel
Contributor
34 Summer Books, Movies, and Podcasts to Mend America’s Divisions
Those working to bring America together — advocates, foundation chiefs, experts, and more — recommend fiction, nonfiction, podcasts, plays, movies, and even an Owen Wilson TV show.
By Nandita Raghuram
Deputy Editor, Opinion
5 Steps to Save Public Media as Federal Funds Vanish
Philanthropy needs to act now to ensure local public radio survives as a vital information resource for diverse rural and tribal communities.
By Alicia Bell and Alvin Starks
Fears of Authoritarianism Destroying Your Mental Health? A Community-Minded Solution Could Help
The answers to nonprofit leaders’ pervasive anxiety could be found in an African approach to healing.
By Cora Daniels
Contributor
Public Media Is a Broadly Shared Civic Commons. For Now.
The $1.1 billion cut in federal funding to public broadcasting delivered a blow to democracy and an agency that does a great deal to bridge divides in America.
By Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin
Contributor
Could a $5-a-Year Campaign Replace Federal Funding?
One leader’s idea to bring new funding to the arts and why it could be a model for other fields facing government cuts.
By Brett Egan
Contributor
Philanthropy’s Trigger Words — and How to Make Your Message Clear
You say ‘equity.’ They hear ‘exclusion.’ Strategies for getting everyone on the same page.
By Matt Watkins
Contributor
In the Face-Off Against AI, Funders Need to Have Workers’ Backs
As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, philanthropy must act before employees are locked out of the conversation.
By Mike Kubzansky and Don Howard