Recent news coverage of Hot Bread Kitchen reads as if it were written about two different organizations. The New York City bakery is widely acclaimed for its innovative selection of international ...

An incredible number of leaders across the nonprofit, philanthropic, and even government sectors believe that true innovation requires wholly new technology, high dollar budgets, and specialized ...

In May 2021, Howard University, one of the United States’ leading historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), rolled out a major fundraising effort for a new facility and endowment for its ...

What we've learned about optimizing "big bet" philanthropy.

In recent months, the world of philanthropy has been abuzz with the new trend of high-profile donors giving super-sized grants to nonprofits, which critics and fans have dubbed “Big Bet Philanthropy.” ...

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The work of social change is always pressing, but those who do that work are under extraordinary stress right now. The polycrisis—which philosopher Jonathan Rowson neatly defines as “the world system ...

The polycrisis requires seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across multiple systems.

The polycrisis requires seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across multiple systems.

In January, the Trump administration announced funding cuts to USAID and the State Department that drastically reduced the critical relief that humanitarian aid groups and NGOs provide around the ...

“In foreign countries, the charity has developed for hundreds of years and then the social enterprise organically came up. In China, we have everything within a few decades. We now have grassroots ...