Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”

Bill Drayton on Ashoka’s Work to Make “Everyone a Changemaker”

Ideas like “social entrepreneurship” and “changemaking” show up everywhere today, and that has a lot to do with Drayton and the global organization he founded. Here’s a look at Ashoka’s work and backing, and what’s next.

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This Funder Is Giving to Address Mental Health Through the Arts. Here's What It's Learning

This Funder Is Giving to Address Mental Health Through the Arts. Here's What It's Learning

The New York-based Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund has announced the grantees of a new program to foster mental health through the arts. We chat with the fund’s Executive Director Rick Luftglass about lessons learned.

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The Delta Variant Is Scrambling Arts Organizations’ Best-Laid Plans. Here's How Philanthropy Can Help

The Delta Variant Is Scrambling Arts Organizations’ Best-Laid Plans. Here's How Philanthropy Can Help

The resurgence of COVID-19 is forcing performing arts organizations to postpone or cancel performances yet again. Three funding leaders in this space offer advice for grantmakers and grantees in this relentlessly uncertain time.

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This Foundation Set Out to Expand Access to Healthy Food in New York City. How Did It Go?

This Foundation Set Out to Expand Access to Healthy Food in New York City. How Did It Go?

Expanding access to healthy food is a surprisingly complex challenge that requires wrestling with deeply rooted inequities. The Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund recently took stock of five years of food-related grantmaking that achieved some notable gains.

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Therapeutic Connection: A Funder Explores How the Arts Can Address Mental Health Issues

Therapeutic Connection: A Funder Explores How the Arts Can Address Mental Health Issues

With arts donors increasingly drawn to programs that advance social goals, we dig into a new initiative exploring how visual art, film, and dance can address mental health issues facing New Yorkers.

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