The most recent Benchmarking Survey from Grantmakers In Education highlights an important and difficult question, writes Lopez: How will we navigate the challenge of sharing power with those who have historically had little, especially on occasions when their ideas differ from our own?...

It has been ten years since NCRP released Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best, and as Dorfman, the organization's president, reflects on the response to the report, he's struck by how far the sector has come — and by how little has changed....

Securing and promoting a "name brand" CEO may be an accepted business strategy in our celebrity-obsessed culture, write Lopez and David, but the benefit to a philanthropic foundation is difficult to gauge....

The philanthropic response to the catastrophic fire at the iconic, eight-hundred-year-old cathedral is an opportunity, writes Bradford, for "greater self-reflection, education, and transparency in philanthropy"....

Because our economic system depends on Americans having confidence in its fairness and equity, writes Rosenman, nonprofit leaders must do what they can to ensure that wealthy Americans pay their fair share of taxes....

Andrew Drazan, CEO and co-founder of Wellbridge Addiction Treatment and Research, calls on the private sector to become a major contributor to solutions aimed at addressing the substance abuse epidemic....

Whether you're an optimist or skeptic, Opportunity Zones are here to stay, write the authors, and now is the time for philanthropy to step up and demonstrate how this new source of private capital can shape the evolving market landscape and positively impact communities in need of a boost....

Deaccessioning a work of art is never a good idea, writes museum veteran Miller, but if it has to be done, mitigating the unfortunate results is not difficult....

Maricela Gutiérrez, the executive director of Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN), highlights the political power of new immigrant and youth voters as seen in the 2018 midterm elections and the need for ongoing community organizing, policy advocacy, and voter engagement among immigrant youth and youth of color....

Yanin Senachai, a staff attorney working in the impact litigation unit at Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Los Angeles, explains how labor trafficking is another form of exploitation enabled by glaring defects in the U.S. immigration system and why systematic reform is urgently needed....

At their core, fights over immigration, housing policy, criminal justice reform, gun control, and tax policy are fights over who is seen and who matters, writes Ziskind. But by investing in movement-building strategies that bridge differences, funders can help create a more inclusive society that is responsive to the needs of the most vulnerable.... 

Andrea Caupain Sanderson, CEO of Byrd Barr Place, describes how community land trusts can help mitigate the negative impact of gentrification and displacement on African-American communities....

John Mullaney, executive director of the Nord Family Foundation, highlights the role arts programming can play in addressing the trauma and sense of isolation suffered by children who have had Adverse Childhood Experiences and help them build resilience....

The foundation supporters of the Federalist Society seem to have achieved something monumental by going back to basics, writes Foundation Center president Bradford K. Smith: find an effective organization that shares your goals and provide it with steady, unrestricted, long-term support so it can do its work....