Twenty years ago, on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the surrounding area. That disaster made the reality of climate change visible, and it revealed how disasters […] The post Lessons from Katrina: How Funders Can Help Communities Get “Climate Mobility” Right <div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Taryn Higashi<span> Executive Director, Unbound Philanthropy</span></div><div>David Lubell<span> Senior Climate Mobility and Cities Fellow, ICLEI – USA. </span></di...| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
As AI becomes the next great infrastructure project, philanthropy and the social sector have an opportunity to ensure it is built equitably.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
The nonprofit sector and foundations dodged several bullets in recent months. The threatened revocation of nonprofit status for entire categories of organizations, rumored in April, has not come to pass. […] The post Guarding Against Complacency in the Face of Existential Threats<div class="print-only-coauthors"><div>Phil Buchanan<span> President, CEP</span></div></div> appeared first on The Center for Effective Philanthropy.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Foundation leaders offer insights into how funders can respond quickly and bravely to support nonprofits and communities in a needful moment.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Funders understand the value of listening — but acknowledging its importance is not the same as making it possible in practice.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
What questions can funders ask to surface either red flags or positive signals about a nonprofit's readiness to use and scale AI for impact?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Aspen Forum for Community Solutions reflects on CEP's new research and shares how asking for, and deeply listening to, community feedback is fundamental to their work.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
How can foundations engage in listening as a way to build more effective, more equitable, and more accountable philanthropic institutions?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
As federal funding is widely cut, one front-line funder urges fellow grantmakers to see the opportunity rather than the risk in funding grassroots groups.| The Center for Effective Philanthropy
The change in presidential administrations has created new challenges for funders and the nonprofits they support - how can they respond?| The Center for Effective Philanthropy