Water, sanitation, and hygiene projects are not just for low-income countries overseas, writes DigDeep founder McGraw; they are also desperately needed at home....

Scholars of social movements have long documented the ways in which nonprofit advocacy strengthens civic engagement, creates political cohesion, and focuses attention on underrepresented communities. But what if their working assumptions are no longer valid? asks Biel....

By opening space for public discussion where people can feel they are heard and respected, writes Coullomb, democratic societies can achieve better results while restoring trust in institutions and a sense of belonging within communities that are in danger of failing....

Less than 0.3 percent of philanthropic dollars go to Indigenous communities, writes O'Hara, but one organization is beginning to shift the balance....

Philanthropic investment in the public system through the social sector can enable statewide systems change. Silbert and Mukumal share the story of one initiative that transformed access to public higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Californians....

By supporting collaborations among young scholars, practitioners, and universities, writes Mendelson, U.S. ambassador to the UN's Economic and Social Council in the Obama administration, foundations can help facilitate SDG literacy in the United States and around the world....

Foundations looking to make headway against some of the urgent challenges of the day should start, write Brest and Wolfson, by thinking differently about risk and reward....

The decline in local journalism is undermining our contributes and contributing to a national civic crisis, writes Sandorf, but philanthropy, in partnership with others, is taking steps to stem the tide....

The media landscape has changed dramatically in the years since Jeff Skoll founded Participant Media, writes Gilchrist, but like other Silicon Valley success stories, the company has demonstrated a consistent ability to adapt.... 

By examining the eight common myths of philanthropy — including who gives, how they give, and to what end — we can better comprehend the breadth and diversity of giving....

Harris, a journalist, shares details of a working paper authored by Claire Dunning, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, that examines a high-minded but "short-lived and largely forgotten" experiment aimed at improving race relations and the living standards of African Americans in 1970s Boston....

Lack of access to capital not only prevents business growth but also perpetuates cycles of intergenerational poverty and racial inequity that affect families and communities at all levels. Brulé and Warren report on one model that is helping to change that equation in New Mexico....

According to Wang and Desouza, social entrepreneurs in the world's most populous country are using blockchain technology to create a more decentralized and autonomous philanthropic sector....

As we work to advance racial equity in philanthropy, write Reid and Dean-Coffey, four practices can help us find our "learning edge" — the boundary of our comfort zone and competencies where change is truly transformative and freeing....

Is commercial-scale torrefaction — the process of turning wood scraps from forest-thinning operations into a coal substitute — a partial solution to climate change? Gaines, a freelance science journalist living in Seattle, reports....

Low-income communities need ownership over the resources that flow into them and defenses to protect them from feckless funders and footloose capital, argues Margulies. In an age when the failure of unregulated capitalism is becoming more evident every day, options like the neighborhood trust cannot be implemented quickly enough....

With wages stagnating, benefits shrinking, and personal debt increasing, financial precarity has become widespread in the United States, writes Leana, but the philanthropic community has been and can continue to be a catalyst for solutions to the problem.... 

Whether you are doing advocacy for the first time or revamping an existing program, the recipe for success, writes van Geldern, requires a careful balance between analytical thinking and action....