Spotlight on Learning and Development Outside of School
Edutopia, with Foundation support, created 10 videos showcasing effective out-of-school practices as part of the How Learning Happens series.
Stories
Water, Environment
Filling the Biggest Data Gap in Water Management
A Foundation-supported partnership including NASA, Google, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Desert Research Institute announces a web application to transform water management in the American West.
Education, STEM
The Promise of Quality Science Education for All
California leaders are working to bring the power of high-quality science instruction to every young person in the state. This focus is especially important as society seeks to eliminate systemic racism, a pandemic underscores the importance of scientific literacy, and distance learning becomes the norm in the new school year.
Effectiveness
Special Grantmaking: A Purposeful, Flexible Resource for Foundations
Matthew La Rocque and Barbara Kibbe describe the many uses and benefits, as well as ways to address potential challenges, associated with special grant funds.
Features, Resiliency, Effectiveness
Growing Resiliency: Turbulent Times Call for Dialogue Between Funders and Nonprofits
An updated Resiliency Guide helps funders and grantees consider the complex environments nonprofits operate in, and explore ways to enhance their ability to adapt to shocks and disruptors.
Foundation, President's Updates
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences convened a bipartisan Commission on Democratic Citizenship that developed recommendations to strengthen the nation’s institutions and civic culture.
Resiliency, Effectiveness
Resilience at Work
Timely independent research addresses how nonprofits adapt to disruption – and ways that funders can help.
Education, Character
Supporting the Youth Development Workforce
Rebecca Goldberg and Alex Hooker contribute strategies and perspectives to the Journal of Youth Development.
Foundation, Education
Pandemic Disruption and Response in the Education Field (video)
Arron Jiron updates the Foundation Board of Directors on the early effects of COVID-19 as well as mitigation efforts by our grantees and partners.
Foundation, Features, President's Updates
President’s Update: Spring 2020
Lauren B. Dachs writes about the Foundation’s response to COVID-19 in context of its concluding year.