Author: Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Irit Alony, Allison R. Russell
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“Giving Time in My Own Time”: Autonomous Volunteering as an Understudied Phenomenon
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Autonomous (self-managed) volunteering offers opportunities for organizations and those who desire to give time independently. However, we lack empirical studies on this emerging phenomenon. This study explores the case of DigiVol, a successful autonomous,… Goto full post >>
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GiveWell Expands Work on Livelihoods Programs
As you may have heard on a recent episode of our podcast, we’re launching an experiment: focusing more attention on programs that increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty. We are in the process of completing a search for a new program officer to lead an expanded livelihoods research team, and we plan…
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Syrian communities form grassroots emergency networks as coastal wildfires overwhelm state response
When wildfires swept toward the hills of Qastal Ma‘af in Latakia, Ahmad al-Safi and his neighbors grabbed buckets and hoses, racing to protect their olive groves and citrus orchards. The 32-year-old farmer had only just rebuilt his war-damaged home with borrowed money, but like the rest of the village, he joined the overnight fight to…
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NCRP Invites Three Leaders to Advance a More Accountable Philanthropy
CONTACT(S): Jennifer Amuzie— jamuzie@ncrp.org Russell Roybal — rroybal@ncrp.org NCRP Invites Three Leaders to Advance a More Accountable Philanthropy Daniel Altschuler, Fatima Angeles, and Yordanos Eyoel bring their personal and professional experience at a crucial time for philanthropy Daniel Altschuler, Fatima Angeles, and Yordanos Eyoel join the Board of Directors of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy WASHINGTON, DC — The…
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Stratification in Formal Volunteering: Occupational Spill-Over Effects on the Hierarchical Positions of Volunteers in Voluntary Organizations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This research note examines vertical stratification in formal volunteering. More specifically, it focuses on occupational spillover from positions in the paid labor market to volunteer positions based on the new global ILO standard for the measurement of … Goto full post >>
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Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with GranteesEmily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory Services, CEPNina Stack Executive Director, The Champlin Foundation
The Champlin Foundation, a Rhode Island-based funder focused on capital investments, worked with the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) on its first Grantee Perception Report in 2019. After making a […] The post Opening the Doors: How a Lean Foundation Modernized Processes and Created New Channels of Communication with GranteesEmily Radwin Manager, Assessment and Advisory…
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Podcast Episode 11: A Frontline View of Foreign Aid Cuts with CHAI’s CEO
Foreign aid funding cuts are reshaping the global health landscape, creating urgent funding gaps and forcing difficult prioritization decisions across health systems worldwide. To understand the real-world effects, it’s essential to hear from the organizations working on the front lines with government partners to navigate the funding crisis. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is…
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Volunteers’ Interest in Skill-Based Rewards and in Awards in Nonprofit Organizations: A Study of Volunteer Recognition in France
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. There has been a growing interest in the literature about the recognition of volunteers as a means to support volunteer retention. Using a contingent approach, this study highlights the variability in the interest of volunteers in two types of recognition:… Goto full post >>
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Mutual Aid 101 and Cities@Tufts events are back!
The Shareable team is excited to announce upcoming events in our Mutual Aid 101 Learning Series and the Cities@Tufts Fall 2015 Colloquium. All events are free, virtual, and open to everyone. Mutual Aid 101 Learning Series Shareable launched our Mutual Aid learning series in February 2025. In May, we released a written toolkit covering content…
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August 2025 Updates
Every month we send an email newsletter to our supporters sharing recent updates from our work. We publish selected portions of the newsletter on our blog to make this news more accessible to people who visit our website. For key updates from the latest installment, please see below! If you’d like to receive the complete…
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Forming International Networks of Philanthropy: The Cross-Border Activity of the Wellcome Trust, 1936-1995
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Attention given to the international scope of large-scale philanthropy has grown over the past three decades, mirroring the increased prominence of organized philanthropy in the global institutional landscape. Aligning with such an environment, this … Goto full post >>
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Expectation of Reciprocity and Other-Focused Values Foster Informal Volunteering Intentions in Disasters: Evidence From Finland
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Decentralization of disaster management calls every sector to contribute to disaster management—including private citizens. While literature on formal volunteering is rich, less is known about drivers of informal volunteering and the differences between … Goto full post >>
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Why Funding Black and Brown Lactation Initiatives Matters: A Personal Reflection on DME-R and Healing 19 Years Later
There’s a name for what happened to me when I tried to breastfeed my daughter, and I didn’t learn it until she was almost in middle school. It’s called DME-R, or Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex, and it’s a condition where a rush of intense negative emotions is released while nursing. This isn’t about willpower or…
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Place-Based Stigma and Community Foundation Grant Making
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Public concerns about the uneven geographic distribution of philanthropic grants have prompted scholarly interest in how place influences funding outcomes. This study adopts the concept of place-based stigma to examine how the racial and socioeconomic … Goto full post >>
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Restoring our capacities: How an asset lens can serve movements today
This article was originally published by NPQ Online on July 23, 2025, https://nonprofitquarterly.org/restoring-our-capacities-how-an-asset-lens-can-serve-movements-today/. Used with permission. “What do we want? Asset-based community development! When do we want it? Now!” That is a chant that I am pretty sure has never been uttered at a rally anywhere. Nonetheless, many movement activists, knowingly or otherwise, depend on asset-based…
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Podcast Episode 10: The Fragile Foundations of Global Health Data
GiveWell’s ability to find and fund highly cost-effective health programs relies on a foundation of credible data. A key source of that data, the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), recently had its primary funding from USAID discontinued. This creates the potential of a significant challenge for GiveWell’s research—and for evidence-based grantmaking across the global health…