How Nonprofit Leaders Can Ensure Every Part of Their Organization Advances Social Change
It’s not just advancing the mission that matters. It’s also about paying living wages, providing equal pay, reducing carbon footprints, and much more.
By Suzanne Smith
Contributor
To Help Women Gain Economic Security, Local Programs Need Support
Efforts already underway are helping increase household income in one of the poorest parts of Memphis and supporting community-led solutions to challenges women face in New York City.
By Ruby Bright and Memphis
Philanthropy’s Helping Us Learn More About How to Stop Gun Deaths
Especially as the federal government has cut back on studying what works, grant makers are uncovering ways to understand what works to prevent suicide, domestic-violence killings, and so many other lethal attacks.
By NINA VINIK
Contributor
Nonprofit Missions Won’t Advance Without Greater Employee Satisfaction (Letter to the Editor)
New polling data makes it clear that problems of burnout and undue pressure are getting in the way of achieving important social missions.
By Scot Chisholm
Contributor
Sex and Power: How Foundations Can Attack the Roots of Child Marriage
The key isn’t simply to delay marriage till age 18, it’s to end deeply entrenched cultures of gender inequality and destructive views on adolescent sexuality.
By Dena Kimball
Contributor
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.”