Strategic Planning Sucks the Life Out of Nonprofits
How and why the process is often flawed, and how to fix it
By Joan Garry
Contributor
David Brooks Wants to Repair America’s Fraying Social Fabric
The conservative New York Times columnist is bringing together people who are building relationships to improve their communities in the hopes of sparking a social movement.
By Jim Rendon
Executive Editor
Group Serving Migrants in Greece Wins Hilton Humanitarian Award
METAdrasi has more than 350 interpreters working in 43 languages to help displaced people, including unaccompanied children.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
How a Nonprofit Is Helping People Construct Buildings to Resist Natural Disasters (Podcast)
Build Change works with people in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Pacific Islands to build houses and schools that can withstand earthquakes and windstorms.
Nonprofits Urge More Attention in Presidential Race to National Service and Other Causes
Ahead of the debate Tuesday night, an alliance of nonprofits is trying to get candidates to commit to a national service agenda. Meanwhile, causes of all kinds are seeking to influence the Democratic campaigns.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Shakes Up Staff for New Focus
The group laid off three staff members and created three new positions, including COO, with goal of focusing the organization more on building relationships with movement groups.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Anne-Marie Slaughter on Gender Equality, Transparency, and the Importance of Data (Podcast)
The former Obama administration official and current CEO of New America discusses how the public should be included more in policy decisions for food stamps, paid leave, and the environment.
How the Amazon Conservation Team Is Trying to Save the Rainforest (Podcast)
Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin discusses how recent fires and development have threatened the rainforest’s longevity and diversity.
How Grant Makers Can Give Organizers and Activists What They Need to Succeed
The Campaign for Southern Equality lets applicants set the agenda and understands not everybody who has a great idea necessarily has all the tools to write a complicated proposal.
By Britney Nesbit
Contributor
Watch Keynote Speakers Stacey Abrams and Janet Mock at Communications Conference
Tune in for a live video stream of the Communication Network’s annual conference, ComNet19.
Creativity for a Cause — and for a Living
The entrepreneurial model of Art Enables gives people with disabilities the opportunity to market their work and earn an income.
By Ariella Phillips
Contributor
A Tricky Balance: Making Museums More Inclusive Without Demonizing Wealthy Patrons
Contradictions in the response by Darren Walker, head of the Ford Foundation, demonstrate the tensions facing many people in philanthropy.
By WILLIAM SCHAMBRA
Contributor
Color of Change’s Bitter Feud With Facebook
The clash has gotten ugly at times as the president of Color of Change has pushed the social-media giant to curb online harassment of black activists and take down inflammatory posts by white nationalists.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Walton Family Foundation Taps Unicef USA Official as Leader (Transitions)
In other news about people in philanthropy, Nicholas Tedesco will become president and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Can Philanthropy Save Democracy?
A growing number of grant makers of all ideologies see restoring constructive dialogue among citizens and fairness at the ballot box as vital to their cause.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations
Fun With Gerrymandering: Mapping Software Gives Ordinary Citizens a Lesson in Civics
A group of seven grant makers in Pennsylvania recently ventured into some unusual territory for most of them: the arcane world of congressional redistricting.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations