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- Collective Impact, Corporate/CSR, Economic Development, Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of…


- Corporate/CSR, Equity
By Staying Committed to Social Impact in Times of Uncertainty, Companies Can See Long-Term Benefit
Companies that divest in social impact may be sacrificing long-term growth opportunities for short-term gains.
Crafting a Strategic Plan for Your Family Foundation: 5 Questions to Consider
October 17, 2023Are you a family foundation creating or updating your strategic plan? If so, here are five questions to consider.
Building a Globally Connected & Locally Rooted Philanthropic Strategy
September 18, 2023How can corporate foundations develop philanthropic strategies that are both globally connected and grounded in local context?
Change Your Mind Before You Change the System: Taking a Closer Look at Mental Models and the Water of Systems Change
June 29, 2023Influencing mindsets and mental models requires identifying what current mental models need to be shifted, targeting priority stakeholders for change, and desi…
How Can Funders Optimize Their Approach to Collaboration?
June 14, 2023In recent years, philanthropic funders have come to see the value in collaborating with one another to magnify their impact. Today we see all kinds of funders …
From Health Care to Health — How Might Our Health Care Conversion Foundations Take the Lead?
June 12, 2023Five themes from the 2023 Association for Community Health Improvement’s (ACHI) conference on health care.
Reflections From Our Rural Leaders Interview Series
May 18, 2023Over the last year and a half, we had the privilege of interviewing rural leaders across the country as a follow-on to our report Rural America: Philanthropy’s…
How Can Funders Support Grantee Cohorts as Part of a Systems Change Strategy?
April 21, 2023How funders can think more strategically about how they use grantee learning cohorts as a tool for systems change.
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
April 11, 2023How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of societal programs.
Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2023
February 13, 2023Five social impact trends and opportunities that we hope will define the year ahead.
Thriving through Connection: An Interview with Anita Patel of the Bush Foundation
February 2, 2023Part of a series of conversations with rural leaders, this blog challenges funders to rethink assumptions about rural communities.