We All Have a Stake in What’s Next: Dispatches From Brazil
In a country with little philanthropy, bringing people together from business, government, and communities in need offers an approach worth emulating in the United States, say two prominent donors.
While the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine Grabs Headlines, Support for Treatments Is Lagging
A huge worldwide collaboration has raised barely a fraction of the $7.2 billion needed for the research, manufacture, and equitable distribution of coronavirus treatments by mid-2021. Philanthropic support is critical.
By Mark Henderson
Contributor
Philanthropy Won’t Make Headway on Racial Justice Without Tackling Housing Justice
Black Americans have long suffered under policies that denied and devalued their right to housing, and systemic racism has exacerbated the problems that lead to homelessness.
By BILL PITKIN
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We Can’t Forget About Africa During the Covid-19 Crisis
As cases grow, helping Africa expand its network of community health workers and providing them with desperately needed personal protective equipment and training should be a top priority for donors, says leaders of the African Philanthropy Forum.
By Tsitsi Masiyiwa, English Sall and Jeff Walker
Nonprofit leaders are thrilled to get more general operating support, but they are still spending a lot of time complying with rules that have little to do with helping their organizations accomplish essential work.
By Lisa Pilar Cowan
Contributor
Grant makers can help equip grass-roots groups led by people of color to play a leading role as governments seek to secure public safety by spending more money on social services.
By Rev. Ruben Austria
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A New Move to Limit the Census Will Harm Virtually Every Cause
Foundations and nonprofits need to do all they can to oppose the Commerce Department’s plan to cut short the count, say the leaders of five foundations.
We Have Just One Decade to Turn Back the Worst of Climate Change: Here’s How Philanthropy Can Lead
Boldness, innovation, scale, and speed are all required. Here are some ideas and approaches that could make a difference, says the former president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
By Peter Goldmark
Contributor
With Donations Down, Nonprofits Need to Do a Better Job of Managing Their Endowments
To survive the pandemic, nonprofits with endowments need to make sure these funds are performing as well as they can be and evaluate whether smarter financial strategies should be put in place, say two professors at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
By Egor Matveyev and Andrew W. Lo
How Philanthropy Can Give Young Men and Boys of Color What They Need to Thrive
The murder of George Floyd — and others like him — are causing mental stress and trauma that we need to find ways to fight and understand, say two experts at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which just issued a guide on advancing equity in grant making.