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....

The presidents of the Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust and the Duke Endowment call on foundations, government, and business leaders to continue to work together beyond the COVID-19 crisis to advance systemic changes and address disparities among communities of color, rural residents, elders, children, and families with low incomes, starting with access to quality, affordable health insurance and care....

The board chair of Women Moving Millions calls for trust-based investment in grassroots organizations led by women who are proximate to the issues rooted in gender discrimination as the only long-term, sustainable answer to centuries of patriarchy and white privilege....

The vice president of economic opportunity at the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund calls for mobilizing private capital to help small businesses — especially those led by women and people of color — and urges impact investors to look to CDFIs....

Leung, a managing director of the Global Impact Investing Network, argues that the global post-pandemic recovery will require the full spectrum of capital, from philanthropic to commercial, and blended-finance structures — long noted for their potential to bring different types of investors together to address urgent challenges — could rise to a new level of prominence....

It's too early to say what the social, economic, and psychological damage caused by this pandemic will be, writes Ghosh, but we do know that children and youth are integral to a full recovery....

The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic require the global community to act fast, writes Kilpatrick, but not to act blindly or irresponsibly....

The president and CEO and the senior regional organizer at The Gathering for Justice urge grantmakers to think of community-based organizations as not only as vital community resources but as thought partners who know what vulnerable populations want and need....

According to Iyer and Kunreuther, foundations can do more to address the racial disparities laid bare by the pandemic by scaling organizations that are most proximate to needs in vulnerable communities while increasing their support for organizing and power-building strategies....

The CEO of Root Cause urges foundations to communicate their commitment to maintaining funding for grantees over an extended period of time and to even tap endowments to provide support for frontline responders and direct service providers....

As COVID-19 continues to spread globally, the executive director of Curamericas Global argues that now is the time for all who can act to act....