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We’re starting a new periodic blog series today called “Donor Stories,” in which we highlight origin stories of foundations and funders that reflect upon themes and lessons we are seeing in current philanthropic debates. The idea for this series came about after I...
Technology is changing how we operate in the world. But the social sector is rapidly being left behind as many organizations struggle to understand and use technology to its fullest potential. How can philanthropy increase technology know-how, adoption, and use in the...
This op-ed by Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation President and CEO Rachel Garbow Monroe first appeared in The Baltimore Sun. Words have power. Too often today, they are being used to tear us down and apart, making us feel helpless and defenseless. Alternatively,...
At UTEC, we work to help disconnected young people in the communities of Lawrence and Lowell, MA trade violence and poverty for social and economic success. In our work, we believe that the young people we serve are experts in their own experience. This belief is...
What do people want that can make their lives better? Are we helping them get it? If not, what should we do differently? Those three questions increasingly drive the work of the most effective organizations, and CEP’s new report, Staying Connected: How Five...
As a foundation that sees relationships as a key component of philanthropy and social change, The Whitman Institute (TWI) applauds CEP’s recent report, Relationships Matter: Program Officers, Grantees, and the Keys to Success. It may seem like common sense that...
In our “post-truth” world, we are all overwhelmed by information. In-person interactions struggle to compete with the ceaseless barrage of push notifications popping up on our mobile devices. Attention, trust, and full presence are now among our scarcest resources....
Over the past 20 years, the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) community has championed the idea that strong relationships with nonprofit partners matter. As we say in Is Grantmaking Getting Smarter?, “When we build trust with and tap the knowledge of...
Strong relationships between program officers and their grantees are always important. But they’re especially important when disaster strikes. Hurricane Harvey brought Houston nearly 51 inches of rain and some of the worst flooding we’ve ever experienced. The...
This post originally appeared on the United Philanthropy Forum website. The nonprofit sector has a board diversity problem. A recent BoardSource report showed that nonprofit boards are no more racially and ethnically diverse than they were two decades ago...