If we want to solve this public health crisis, we need to invest in education. If we want to solve the climate crisis, if we want to promote peace and security, economic growth, job creation – education is the key to unlocking all of these different social issues.
We need to be more explicit about understanding the systemic roots of these challenges and not just helping individual students beat the odds. Our work really needs to be about how do we contribute to changing the odds so that more students live in a city where their opportunities match their ambitions.
This report analyzes the unique challenges and needs of nonprofits by issue area category and offers recommendations for companies, individuals, and other organizations to leverage their unique skill sets to meet those needs.
The fifth annual Fidelity Impact Week will engage over 400 employees in 81 skills-based volunteering projects with nonprofits across the U.S.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the response to it has shown people all over the world that dramatic change is possible – and it’s possible quickly.
In another five, ten years, the companies that survive and thrive and emerge from this crisis in a stronger position are ones that have purpose truly integrated within what they are doing.
The way that money works and the power that is held by business is centrally important to understand and influence for people who want to make a contribution to the world becoming a more just and vibrant place.
You don’t have to have the leading voice on a social issue. Just being at the table and having your brand be present goes a long way.
Leaning heavily into the unique skill sets and interests of your employees, thinking about where that can be deployed and applied to have the greatest impact, and staying true to your core competencies and mission as a company is really important.
In the face of COVID-19 and a spike in unemployment, the mission of workforce development nonprofit Custom Collaborative took on a new level of urgency.
