The Delta variant surge has underscored the urgent need for higher vaccination rates in the U.S. Across the country, foundations are working with governments and community groups to overcome vaccine hesitancy and inequities. Katherine Don reports: bit.ly/3keqiOm

Philanthropic funders are mostly ignoring a key lever in the fight against poverty: financial sector oversight and regulation. While the industry lobby is formidable, increased attention could help protect hard-won local gains. Philip Rojc reports: bit.ly/3uplxpR

Giving employees a stake in the business has been shown not only to improve outcomes for workers, but also to increase profitability and survivability. Katherine Don looks at how the @kendedafund is making that case to the private sector. bit.ly/2YaBGDS

Giving employees a stake in the business has been shown not only to improve outcomes for workers, but also to increase profitability and survivability. Katherine Don looks at how the @kendedafund is making that case to the private sector. bit.ly/3mCR7xP

An interview with pioneering researcher Marjorie McShane on Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing & the Frontiers of AI infoworks.com/marjorie-mcsha… Katherine Don #AI #NLP #futureofwork

Open Philanthropy, a leading funder of criminal justice reform, just announced that its program will now be an independent fund building on its work to date. The fund has already picked up some big donors. Katherine Don reports: bit.ly/3kJ7M1s

A new criminal justice reform fund spins off from Open Philanthropy. Also today: An NFL player's support for environmental education  - eepurl.com/hNzJSj

Dozens of books written by Black authors are being pulled from school libraries under the pretext that they’re teaching critical race theory. Most of the books don’t teach critical race theory but are written by and about people of color. nbcnews.to/3JYFqv3

Millions of Americans still don’t have paid sick leave, so taking any time off work—five days, 10, or two—can be financially ruinous, writes Olga Khazan ME, BUT BETTER: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

There is a massive wealth transfer underway, and the young heirs of mega-rich philanthropists often approach giving very differently than their parents. We take a closer look at how they operate. Katherine Don reports: bit.ly/3fGAsFg

More funders are awakening to the urgent need to protect American democracy. Guest authors from Report for America and Report Local argue that funding local news is a critical but overlooked strategy. bit.ly/3AOQOFG

Giving to organizations working on criminal justice reform has soared in recent years, expanding the work of existing organizations and seeding the creation of new groups. But fundraisers are wondering how long this trend will last. bit.ly/3oFCvP9

IP’s State of American Philanthropy project recently published an in-depth report on giving for violence prevention, an underfunded field. The report’s author, Katherine Don, shares some of the key points from her research. bit.ly/3Gjwpd2

Kudos Katherine Don & Inside Philanthropy for this survey of the violence prevention funder landscape. So much good work happening; more still needed. Thx for including me and @kendedafund. The Joyce Foundation Arnold Ventures Just Beginnings Collaborative Duke Center for Firearms Law Chicago CRED insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/2/3/…

My op-ed "We are painfully seeing that refugees are selectively welcomed, and war criminals are selectively punished. It’s not just the western media that is biased; it’s the western world." Read more here: cnn.com/2022/03/07/opi… #WARINUKRAINE

When it was founded in 2018, the Sex Worker Giving Circle was the first sex worker-led fund housed at a U.S. foundation. Its growth since then underscores the benefits of giving circles for marginalized communities. Katherine Don reports: bit.ly/37OpQDH

I learned a lot reporting for this article re: the #SexWorkerGivingCircle at @3wave and the great things happening We Demand Mo HO Justice ‼️. A big takeaway - "#MutualAid is the centerpiece of the work."

Long-beleaguered and previously bankrupt, the storied Chicago Sun-Times has gotten a new lease on life as a nonprofit public media subsidiary. Here’s the story of how philanthropy helped make that happen. Katherine Don reports: bit.ly/3JnxpOV

IT PASSED! Our gun sense majority in the House continues to show the country what action on gun safety looks like by advancing legislation for the first time in 30 years to regulate assault weapons.

I'm very skeptical of imploding offshore crypto exchanges. I don't want to say their founders takes on literature are never worth reading, but