Community benefit agreements create enforceable commitments on labor standards, local hiring, and environmental issues remediation, shifting economic development from a zero-sum conflict into a genuine negotiation.

Philadelphia artist and community organizer Grand Agent is launching a 30-day social media campaign aimed at tackling a question he believes Hip-Hop can no longer ignore: after 50 years of…

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After losing his 16-year-old daughter LoEshe to gun violence in 1997, Donald Lacy founded the LoveLife Foundation in her memory—and nearly three decades later, finds that the joy she put into the world still sustains the work.

Community-based organizations are the building blocks for a stronger foundation of our democracy. We should tap into their power to move beyond our current crises to create a better future for all.

Nonprofits supporting immigrants are stepping up to provide critical care, education, and funds as ICE enforcement rises and fear grips communities. For many organizations, the demand is outpacing capacity.

When a few staff at a small nonprofit conducted a minor experiment in the name of sharing power, the outcome was a new way to bring voices once unheard into the fold.

As the social sector navigates the systems it seeks to improve, what policies and procedures are upheld in obedience yet perpetuate the very problems that leaders are trying to undo? As the field works toward systems change, it is essential to examine how human judgment is abandoned and to understand the consequential impact on the communities served.

Too often, participation in traditional philanthropy means burdensome work for community members, while program staff retain key decision-making power. Here’s how to do it differently.

Amid the Trump administration’s intimidation and violence against protestors, the right to dissent and bear witness is a force for change. It is exactly why philanthropy must work to guard it.