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Racial Equity in Grantmaking: What Foundation Data Show
Philanthropy has pledged to address racial equity in funding. Research on whether foundation giving patterns have changed reveals a complex and incomplete picture.
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Thinking out loud about psychology, education, policy, healthcare, and whatever else has my attention.
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Philanthropy and Democracy: Can Private Giving Shape the Public Good?
The role of private philanthropy in a democratic society raises fundamental questions about power, accountability, and the appropriate relationship between private wealth and public purpose.
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Rural Nonprofits: Research on Capacity, Challenges, and Community Role
Rural nonprofits operate in fundamentally different conditions than their urban counterparts. Research on rural nonprofit capacity reveals the distinctive challenges of serving dispersed communities.
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Nonprofit Sustainability: Moving Beyond Grant Dependency
Most nonprofits rely heavily on grants that come with restrictions and uncertainty. Building more sustainable revenue models is essential for long-term mission delivery.
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Capacity Building in the Social Sector: What Funders and Nonprofits Get Wrong
Capacity building, improving organizational systems, leadership, and infrastructure, is widely endorsed and systematically underfunded. The gap between rhetoric and practice is consequential.
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Community Foundations and Place Based Philanthropy
Community foundations pool charitable assets and direct them toward local priorities. Their effectiveness depends on how well they represent and respond to community voice.
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Collaboration and Collective Impact: When Nonprofits Work Together
Collaboration among nonprofits is widely endorsed but often poorly executed. Collective impact models offer a more structured approach, but their evidence base is contested.
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Community Organizing: Models, Evidence, and Power in Social Change
Community organizing has driven major social change movements. Understanding its models and evidence base is essential for organizations working toward systemic change.
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Volunteer Management: Engaging and Retaining the Right People
Volunteers represent significant capacity for nonprofits. But managing volunteers effectively requires systems, training, and organizational commitment that many organizations underestimate.