Barbas, a senior program officer in the Health program, and Smith, managing director of the Arts & Culture program at the Kresge Foundation, call for investments in social cohesion, local leadership, and community enterprises as a critical component of the collective action needed to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and structural racism....

The COO of the Gary Sinise Foundation writes that working to address the ongoing crises at both the individual and organizational levels has reinforced what she learned after 9/11 — the values of collaboration and personal empowerment and the need to ground her actions in empathy — and to ask: How can I fulfill my duties and help my colleagues be successful?...

Admitting that the United States has a racist past and has long ignored structures and systems that are inherently racist is not the same as saying that Americans are rotten to the core, incapable of doing good, or irredeemable; it is, instead, an acknowledgement that we have harmed ourselves and those to whom we have a moral responsibility....

The president of the Tinker Foundation discusses how the organization has changed course as Latin America, the region central to its mission, struggles with a once-in-a-century health/economic/social crisis....

The CEO of Oakland-based nonprofit YR Media and former editor-in-chief of EBONY argues that young people want to realize the American dream, be included in the political conversation, and advance the causes that are important to their future — and need not choose between being a journalist and being a BIPOC citizen of the United States....

The executive director of the Ruderman Family Foundation argues that as women are driving the growth in philanthropic giving overall as well as in support of efforts to empower women and girls, and that COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to accelerate those trends....

Davis, a venture partner at Imaginable Futures and an investor in Edquity, and Haselton, director of Education Innovation Ventures at ECMC Foundation and an Edquity board member, call for greater philanthropic investment in emergency COVID-19 relief aid for students who are ineligible for federal programs as well as student-parents who have additional financial needs....

Thomason, director of policy at Blue Shield of California Foundation, and Niemczyk, public policy director at California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, make the case for the Domestic Violence Housing First model, which possible for survivors of domestic violence to leave an unsafe relationship without being forced into homelessness....

Cara Altimus, a director at the Milken Institute Center for Strategic Philanthropy, calls for .

Sean Hinton, co-director of the Economic Justice Program at the Open Society Foundations and CEO of the Soros Economic Development Fund, and John Gaventa, a professor at the Institute of Development Studies, outline how an effective participatory approach could be integrated throughout the life-cycle of an impact investment....

Miller, a psychologist and chief strategy officer of Well Being Trust, and Dougherty, a senior scholar in residence at AcademyHealth, call for promoting teen-focused health policies at all levels of government and enacting solutions that address existing gaps, from education and digital life to teen welfare and foster care....

Five women of color leading five organizations deeply embedded in the nonprofit ecosystem of Detroit and southeast Michigan share their insights into what it means to work in solidarity, starting with the recognition that the missions, needs, and survivability of community-based nonprofits are interconnected....

VoPham, a marketing specialist at Candid, outlines some of the things organizations can do to support LGBTQ+ equality, racial and gender justice, and an America where all people, regardless of skin color or sexual orientation, can realize their full potential....

In this singular moment, writes Shah, one of the most meaningful changes foundations can make in their practice and decision-making is to directly engage those impacted by racism and race-based inequity....