“The best boost for our nation’s civic health is to ensure all children graduate from high school and complete college,” according to the 2010 Civic Health Assessment. Educational attainment is the greatest predictor of future civic engagement, this National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) report finds.
Oct 14 2010
By Jane Wales
Thanks to a decades-long focus on improving access to college, nearly seven in ten Americans today enroll in some form of postsecondary education within two years of leaving high school. That’s a record number, and it is impressive. But it also obscures another reality.
Oct 13 2010
By Jane Wales
Of all the pressing issues confronting the developing world, cancer gets comparatively short shrift. And yet, a majority of new cancer diagnoses come from developing countries.
Sep 24 2010
By Jane Wales
Crowd-sourcing is No. 1 in Mashable.com’s “5 Trends Shaping the Future of Social Good”. And one prominent nonprofit author/blogger calls it the No. 1 benefit for foundations in making more use of social media.
Have you engaged crowds yet in your grantmaking?
Sep 10 2010
By Jane Wales
A century ago, the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission, the precursor to the Rockefeller Foundation, helped eradicate hookworm in the American South. Today, the ClimateWorks Foundation, financed by a funding collaborative, is helping to catalyze measurable reductions in carbon emissions.
Sep 03 2010
By Jane Wales
Think the debate over health care reform is over? Not a chance -- and not just because Election Day is fast approaching. President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in late March after nearly a year of debate and deliberation. But the real work is only just beginning: Implementing the law at both the federal and state levels.
Aug 31 2010
By Jane Wales
Over the past couple decades, civic engagement and participation have helped to improve governance and outcomes in the developing world.
To think how much more impact civic engagement could have with concrete evidence to bolster claims of efficacy.
Jul 15 2010
By Jane Wales
Imagine if countries competed with each other to create the best environment in which social innovation can occur. And imagine if social entrepreneurs were actively encouraged and supported in countries around the world.
Jul 14 2010
By Jane Wales
Six months after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake ravaged Haiti, much attention has shifted to other needs and other crises elsewhere. But the Caribbean nation is still very much in crisis, and, as the Wall Street Journal reports, there’s still too much rubble and too little progress.
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