Greater public investment in affordable high-quality child care is needed to advance equitable access and opportunity for low-income families and families of color, a report from the Center for American Progress argues. Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau's Survey of Income and Program Participation, the report, Investing in Infant and...

A high-quality summer learning program that offers engaging academic and enrichment activities and helps close achievement and opportunity gaps for children from disadvantaged communities can and should be a part of school districts' year-round operations, a report from the Wallace Foundation finds. The report, Summer — A Time for Learning:...

A report from the Urban Institute offers guidance for establishing an evidence-based pay-for-success program for permanent supportive housing that combines affordable housing and wraparound services for people experiencing homelessness and/or with disabilities. How to Launch a Supportive Housing Pay for Success Initiative (18 pages, PDF)...

Well-thought-out policies can help children and families eat healthier foods, be active, and prevent childhood obesity, a report from the State of Childhood Obesity, a project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, finds. The report, State of Childhood Obesity: Helping All Children Grow Up Healthy (42 pages, PDF), outlines findings based on...

The United States needs to build a childcare system that supports the healthy development of all children while enabling parents and caregivers to pursue employment and educational opportunities, a report from the American Federation of Teachers, the Center for American Progress, the Center for Law and Social Policy, Community Change, Every...

Women, especially women of color, are significantly underrepresented on the boards of the fifty largest nonprofit medical and educational institutions in the greater Philadelphia area, a report from LaSalle University, the Nonprofit Center at LaSalle's School of Business, and the Women's Nonprofit Leadership Initiative finds. The report, The...

A report from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation provides basic guidelines for news organizations that are considering moving to a nonprofit or donor-subsidized model as a way to support local and investigative reporting. Philanthropic Options for Newspaper Owners: A Practical Guide (22 pages, PDF) provides a foundational explanation of...

A working paper developed by Child Trends with support from the Annie E. Casey Foundation offers step-by-step guidance to social science researchers looking to apply a racial/ethnic equity lens in their research and achieve more equitable outcomes for children, families, and communities. Based on interviews with researchers, funders, and...

Nearly fifty-four million people, or 27 percent of all U.S. adults under the age of 65, have pre-existing health conditions that would have made them uninsurable in individual insurance markets before the Affordable Care Act's prohibition against denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions went into effect in 2014, an analysis by the...

Nearly half (46 percent) of the 60 percent of working-age Americans who do not have a college degree believe they need further education and training to advance their careers, a report from the Strada Education Network and Gallup finds. Based on the Strada-Gallup Education Consumer Survey, the report, Back to School? What Adults Without Degrees...

Theater organizations in the United States saw a significant drop in contributed revenue in 2010 and early signs in 2017 point to another downward trend, a report from SMU DataArts and the Theatre Communications Group finds. Based on data from seventy-five theaters, the report, Theatres at the Crossroads: Overcoming Downtrends & Protecting...

Global companies that employ millions of women in manufacturing and services have an opportunity to invest in the health and empowerment of those women and help advance the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals — specifically goals related to health and well-being (SDG 3) and gender equality (SDG 5), a report from the United Nations...

Greater integration of arts education into health and educational programs for children, youth, and older adults is needed to better support healthy cognitive, social, and behavioral development and outcomes across an individual's lifespan, a report from the National Endowment for the Arts argues. The report, The Arts and Human...

In 2018 nonprofit news organizations received 43 percent of total revenue from foundation funding, 39 percent from individual donations, and 12 percent from earned revenue, a report from the Institute of Nonprofit News finds. Based on data from more than a hundred of INN's member organizations, the report, INN Index 2019: The State of Nonprofit...