August 2025 - Redstone Strategy Group
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America’s K-12 education system stands at a crossroads. After years of mounting pressures, such as declining enrollment, inflation outpacing spending, and exploding pension costs, school districts across the country now face their most severe funding crisis in decades. The expiration of $190 billion in historic ESSER funding has left districts scrambling to find ways to …| Redstone Strategy Group
Nonprofits are navigating a period of intense uncertainty marked by shifting policies, funding challenges, and evolving community needs. While today’s pressures differ from the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, they call for the same urgency, clarity, and strategic focus. This blog, written by our colleagues at Arabella Advisors, explores how organizations can prepare for […] The post Building Organizational Resilience in Times of Uncertainty appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025, is certain to impact climate philanthropy and calls for a collaborative response. Putting aside its effects on the national deficit, economic growth, healthcare coverage, immigration, and more, the following update outlines some of the law’s potential effects on […] The post The Impacts of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” on Climate Philanthropy appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed new cracks in the foundation of our K-12 education system. As the long-term effects on student learning have become clear, these cracks have become impossible to ignore. While there are some signs of progress, students’ test scores continue to lag behind 2019 scores in both math and reading, indicating a need […] The post Driving Transformational Change to Build Resilient Education Systems: How Philanthropy Can Play a Role appeared first on Redstone Strategy...| Redstone Strategy Group
Abstract As nonprofits explore options to scale their impact, for-profit subsidiaries present an intriguing but complex option. This article offers nonprofit leaders and funders a framework to evaluate whether a for-profit subsidiary is worth considering and presents a typology of three distinct models. While this structure can unlock growth opportunities for some organizations, success requires […] The post When to Consider a For-Profit Subsidiary appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
As we wrote recently, now is no time to “wait and see”. It is a moment of rapid, unsettling change for American civil society, especially the social sector. Mobilizing a response requires philanthropic leaders to play a role that their institutional contexts equip them well for: taking risks, doubling down to support grantees and communities […] The post Action in the face of uncertainty: Finding the no-regrets path forward appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
In November, we published this piece on preparing for the second Trump administration. We reflected on best practices developed by resilient foundations, nonprofits, and other social sector organizations during other disruptive moments, and recommended that organizations shift their focus to more geographically targeted (e.g., state, local) and collaborative strategies, while planning for significant uncertainty. While […] The post No time to “wait and see” appeared first on Redston...| Redstone Strategy Group
We enter 2025 in a period of frenetic change and intense debate about the future of American government. Society’s future is balanced on a knife’s edge. Climate change is pushing past critical thresholds. AI is reshaping the very nature of work and knowledge. Democratic institutions face unprecedented and global pressures. We believe that in each […] The post Our Unprecedented Opportunity in 2025 appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
As the US prepares for a second Trump administration, we reflect on how social sector organizations can build on their strengths and experiences to maintain and even expand the positive impact of their work. Our clients’ successes during the first Trump administration and the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate the sector’s remarkable resilience and ability to adapt […] The post Preparing for the Next Administration appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
As we embark on 2024, we are excited for the opportunities that lay ahead as our ability to serve our clients continued to expand in 2023. In December, we were delighted to announced a round of promotions to support Redstone’s client service and growth in 2024. Expanding leadership Rachel Cowher started with the firm in […] The post Building for 2024 appeared first on Redstone Strategy Group.| Redstone Strategy Group
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New analysis demonstrates high benefit with low cost per ton of carbon reduced Redstone’s recent report, “Changing the Game,” compiles, for the first time, the direct, quantifiable carbon mitigation impacts of community-based climate work. The results are exciting: community-based strategies can yield meaningful mitigation impacts with strong returns on investment. Many of the efforts profiled …| Redstone Strategy Group
