The Biden-Harris administration has ushered in a profound change in direction for climate, conservation, and economic policy. Three groundbreaking pieces of legislation—the Inflation Reduction Act, ...

Over the past eight months, philanthropy has committed billions to meet the urgent needs unearthed by the global pandemic and demands for racial justice. For example, a partnership of five foundations ...

Capacity-building is defined as the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, abilities, processes and resources that organizations and communities need to survive, adapt, and ...

Historically, when looking for ways to maintain a program or an organization, philanthropy tends to focus exclusively on funding programmatic work. As we all know, this is essential to a ...

Making capacity-building funds a part of philanthropic and government grants key to building impactful, resilient community ...

One of my favorite aspects of being part of the Self-Healing Communities movement is hosting interactive workshops! I get to share vocabulary words that promote resilience through science and research ...

Early in my years as a consultant and change agent in organizations, I noticed a pattern I like to call “the Moses effect": When I began consulting engagements, there were times where it was almost as ...

Capacity building—the process of building the systems, structures, and skills organizations need to succeed—is getting left behind, and it has nothing to do with the quality or effectiveness of the ...