February 26, 2021 Across the U.S., court fines and fees — for everything from minor traffic and municipal code violations, to misdemeanors and felonies—have devastated millions of lives. People who can’t afford to pay fines and fees are punished with additional fees, license suspensions, loss of voting rights and, far too frequently, arrest and jail. … Continue reading Catalyzing a National Movement for Fines and Fees Reform
February 4, 2021 As the pandemic forced schools across the country to close in the spring and summer, policy actors in the education sector began to formulate solutions that could get students and educators safely back to school in the fall. But for many local community activists, one voice was missing in the debate: their … Continue reading The Key to Address Inequities in School Systems: Work with Communities
December 10, 2020 Author: Lee Bodner, President, New Venture Fund The New Venture Fund’s mission is to help nonprofit leaders make the world a healthier and more equitable place. We enable new and emerging nonprofits to get off the ground quickly and provide them accounting, human resources, legal and compliance services. It’s a practice called … Continue reading New Venture Fund’s 2019 Impact
This post originally appeared on the Arabella Advisors blog. Authors: Kiran Jain and Jessica Love The coronavirus pandemic created urgent, unprecedented need for relief in communities across America. Local officials had to respond quickly to both public health and economic crises, and they called on partners in philanthropy to support their efforts. Examining such rapid-response … Continue reading 4 Lessons For Public-Private Partnership from a COVID-19 Rapid-Response Effort
This post originally appeared on the Arabella Advisors blog. Authors: Shayna Keller, Director, Advisory Services at Arabella Advisors, and Colby Duren, Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative Food sovereignty is Native peoples’ right to food that is healthy, culturally appropriate, sustainably produced, and equitably distributed. Such sovereignty is vital in restoring Native communities’ … Continue reading New Asset Map Enables Funders to Support Native Peoples’ Food Sovereignty
After spending years working in philanthropy, government, and the nonprofit sector, Olivia Leland, founder of Co-Impact, recognized a challenge: there was no sufficient mechanism to allow philanthropists and others to pool the significant funds and resources that social change leaders need to drive systemic, enduring change. Collaboration among philanthropists and other funders means far greater … Continue reading Bringing Philanthropists and Resources Together
All over the world, hardworking families are suffering because of environmental effects due to climate change. In Bangladesh, family farms on the coast are struggling to protect crops. Sea level rises are creating excessive salt in the soil. With damaged crops, farmers find it difficult to produce enough food, sparking a series of events that … Continue reading Helping Women, Youth, and Indigenous Peoples Fight Climate Change
In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the New Venture Fund (NVF) moved quickly to serve the projects we host, our staff, our grantees, and the communities where we live and work. We swiftly moved our systems and processes online while continuing to operate at full capacity to support the essential missions of NVF projects … Continue reading Responding to COVID-19
Every year, the United States spends approximately $60 billion of taxpayer money on scientific research. Until recently, taxpayers might have been under the impression that they could visit the websites of the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, or NASA to find the results of that research. However, that’s not the case. The … Continue reading Making Public Research Accessible to All Americans
The National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE) has a bold vision: create more equitable neighborhoods, economic opportunities, and environments for kids to grow up in and thrive. It’s an aspirational vision, but the solutions to fully realize it are complex. Focusing on Black and Latinx communities NCHE focuses on communities that are disproportionately impacted by … Continue reading NCHE is Creating Equitable Neighborhoods By Working Together
