Individual vs. institutional donors is a fundamental distinction in philanthropy and fundraising. But what if the line is not ...

How can social entrepreneurship promote social justice? An unlikely source provides an unambiguous and practical framework.

It may also help explain why the homeownership gap between Black and white Americans has barely changed at all since 1960.

Realistically there will always be a gap between need and funding in the humanitarian sector. How can we do more for the ...

From Bhutan to Bogotá, drawing on learning from around the globe can illuminate the path to health equity and advance our collective well-being. The key to healing in an epidemic of loneliness is ...

Without mechanisms for incorporating disconfirming evidence, grantmakers miss the opportunity for greater impact.

Whether it’s in the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office, the quiet, segregated suburbs of Jersey, the mostly Black and Brown hoods of New York City, or the “colorblind” liberal enclaves of Boston, ...

In an area outside Hyderabad, India, between the suburbs and the countryside, a young woman—we’ll call her Shanti—fetches water daily from the always-open local borehole that is about 300 feet from ...

The scale and complexity of the US public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. Major funders, such as the Annenberg Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts have ...

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Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University professor and director of the Earth Institute, is one of our leading public intellectuals. A trained economist (who became a full professor at Harvard University ...

The nonprofit organization Worldreader launched in 2010 with a simple and clear mission: to bring digital books to disadvantaged children and their families. In just five years, the organization has ...