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Why Do Social Change Collectives Struggle to Stay Connected?
Shared commitment to an issue does not automatically create a durable collective. This post explores the relationship dynamics that can ...
How Can Civic Institutions Keep Immigrants Connected to Public Life?
Fear and immigration concerns can pull families away from public life. This post shows how civic institutions and funders can ...
Who’s Not Back to School? What It Takes to Help Young People Reconnect to School and Work
Millions of young people are outside both school and work. This post offers practical lessons on belonging, housing stability, workforce ...
What Do Foundation Leaders, Nonprofits, and Evaluators Need to Know Before Using AI-powered Analytics?
AI is often used as a catchall term, but different AI-powered tools answer different questions. This post explains the practical ...
How Can Organizations Use AI-powered Analytics to Learn Faster Without Losing Human Judgment?
Six practical lessons show how AI-powered analytics can expand evaluation capacity, speed feedback, and support continuous learning — without treating ...
Continuing the Conversation: Five Questions to Help You Put System Signals into Practice
Five practical questions help teams identify useful system signals, connect them to outcomes, build them into existing routines, and decide ...
Beyond the Account: Why Child Wealth-building Programs Need More Than Assets to Deliver on Their Promise
The Beyond the Account framework helps funders, nonprofits, and local governments see where trust, family voice, coordinated supports, and better ...
What We’re Learning from Small- and Mid-Sized Cities: Navigating Change While Building Stronger Communities
Small- and mid-sized cities are adapting to shifting resources, housing needs, workforce changes, and climate risks by using data, partnerships, ...
How General Operating Support Builds Stronger Organizations and Communities and Contribute to Change
General operating support strengthens nonprofit leadership, systems, partnerships, and resilience, helping organizations adapt, respond to community needs, and contribute to ...
What Is the Invisible Work of Change and Why Do Systems of Care Matter?
Systems change depends on more than strategies, policies, and programs. This article explores how systems of care—relationships, learning, trust, and ...
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