Deindustrialization hit Chicago's south suburbs hard. Can the Southland Development Authority breathe new life into the area and promote a template for reviving regions?

As federal funding disappears and community organizations close, much of the power to respond sits with foundation boards—and the moment to use it is now.

The Baby Boomers' wealth transfer is one of the greatest opportunities in the history of the philanthropy and nonprofit sector. There is still work to do.

The Baby Boomers' wealth transfer is one of the greatest opportunities in the history of the philanthropy and nonprofit sector. There is still work to do.

For nearly a century, US policy prioritized homeownership to build middle-class wealth—leaving many renters behind. But innovative new renter-wealth models are enabling renters to access the...

For nearly a century, US policy prioritized homeownership to build middle-class wealth—leaving many renters behind. But innovative new renter-wealth models are enabling renters to access the...

What two mergers taught us about the necessary conditions and hard truths that come after "yes."

How impact investing should redefine success

A theater director transformed an abandoned newsstand into a radically new theatrical experience that is helping to revive the historic center of a Southern Italian town.

In The Common Good Economy, Mariana Mazzucato is clear-eyed on where we need to go, but the next step is understanding the power structures that prevent us from getting there.

An excerpt from Reform as Process on reforming government bureaucracy

Choosing the right path to scale depends on the nature of the problem we're trying to solve.

School-based models for developing talent won't provide the skillful, resilient people every society will need going forward. We need to build civic architecture for recognizing learning whenever...

Social innovation means building a road to the future that doesn't yet exist, without lowering standards.

How well-targeted investments can help unlock the full potential of Black higher education.

As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.

In developing economies, the digital health platforms that actually work are not imported. They are built from scratch by the communities they serve.

AI companies are offering nonprofits free services and staff. Is the deal too good to be true?

AI companies are offering nonprofits free services and staff. Is the deal too good to be true?

To solve the talent crisis, we must move from transactionalism to transformation.

I had a mandate to create an investment portfolio wholly devoted to impact that would not sacrifice returns. After a decade, it outperformed its benchmarks of traditional market indexes and demonstrat...

John Washington’s How to Close a Camp explores the contemporary growth of immigrant detainment facilities under the Trump administration but argues that entrenched political failures are what ma...

Good missions don’t automatically become good results. Seven self-imposed burdens most often separate the two, and senior leaders can dismantle them.

Amid much discussion about the future of philanthropy, one mystery deserves more attention: Why does the giving of so many ultra-wealthy people lag far behind the aspirations they express?

To solve the talent crisis, we must move from transactionalism to transformation.

Building power in communities now will protect them from the next threat to democracy.

If policy and spending decisions have become much more rigorous, why have outcomes still failed to improve?

Lessons from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis on defending our neighbors and democracy

Shifting impact investment toward market creation means doing a lot more than changing how we talk about what we do.

How nonprofits can build the data infrastructure to analyze what they already know

Amid much discussion about the future of philanthropy, one mystery deserves more attention: Why does the giving of so many ultra-wealthy people lag far behind the aspirations they express?

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

Lessons from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis on defending our neighbors and democracy

In late 2025 and early 2026, federal immigration enforcement descended on Minnesota in what became the largest operation of its kind in United States history. Operation Metro Surge upended daily life,...

Building power in communities now will protect them from the next threat to democracy.

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

In late 2025 and early 2026, federal immigration enforcement descended on Minnesota in what became the largest operation of its kind in United States history. Operation Metro Surge upended daily life,...

When the village cannot wait, philanthropy must learn from community.

An interview with Marshall Ganz on what the social sector gets wrong about power and structural change

How immigrant-led networks create community defense

As humanitarian aid agencies buckle under the collapse of financial support, the private sector must step in to invest in refugees and integrate them into the economy. We review three models of succes...