Image Credit: Charlota Blunarova on unsplash.com Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants. While many foundations screen their endowment investments based on environmental, social, and governance factors, only a few optimize their investment strategies
Image Credit: Dan Azzopardi on Unsplash It’s not sexy, but it’s true: the most important part of policy is implementation. It is all well and good to have bill signing ceremonies, such as when President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act. But legislation only creates the opportunity for social change. Federal legislation like the
Managing employee turnover is never easy. This is especially true in the case of nonprofit fundraisers. With the average fundraiser’s tenure being a short 18 months combined with an already over-extended team, this complex and prevalent staff retention issue impacts the ability of countless organizations to successfully fuel their mission. There are steps nonprofits can
Image Credit: Martina_L on istock.com Investor meetings and economic policy symposia often take place in wealthy vacation resorts of the rich-and-famous such as Jackson Hole, WY. Far fewer such gatherings take place in Jackson, MS. But a conference, hosted by Neighborhood Economics this past April, which brought over two hundred people to Jackson, MS—ranging from impact investors
Image Credit: Tom Barrett on unsplash.com In some states, the administration of elections is (relatively) uncontroversial. Not so in Georgia. When the US Supreme Court gutted the federal Voting Rights Act in 2013, Southern states with histories of racist voting practices were freed from requirements that significant changes to elections and voter laws be subject to federal
