Making effective decisions under pressure isn't about listing the pros and cons, but about working with how the brain works ...

A conversation with leading funders on effective responses to crisis, getting unstuck, and whether philanthropy is doing ...

With global education funding under severe strain, volunteer-based approaches to community-led education offer a ...

Why the current system is broken and what local governments, nonprofits, and philanthropists could do to change it.

Anyone who cares about climate change has to be tired of the vitriolic tirades that masquerade as public debate over that issue. Climate change has become a rhetorical contest akin to a sports match, ...

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 ...

Impact investing is an opportunity for public and private money to support emerging markets that lack the capital needed for growth and poverty reduction, but the foundations are wobbling. Collective ...

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.

In November 2022, Mackenzie Scott announced she had given almost $2 billion to 343 organizations, many of which are funds, as she calls them. In 2021, The Libra Foundation, a family foundation based ...

If all you knew about nonprofits came from the media, you might think scandalous overpayment of nonprofit employees is rampant. If you instead relied on nothing but academic studies of nonprofit ...

Although it is possible for impact investors to achieve social impact along with market rate returns, it's not easy to do and doesn't happen nearly as often as many boosters would have you believe.

As fish and animal species move towards the poles and high seas, a unique ownership model and licensing system means the ...