Author: Daniel Wortel-London
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How the liberal city paved the way to neoliberalism
In 1979, a few years after New York’s fiscal crisis, New York City mayor Ed Koch posed for a photograph alongside Donald Trump. Mayor Koch despised the welfare state and cut it severely during his tenure. He also partnered with developers like Trump to promote real estate growth, in the hope that it would prevent…
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Effects of Different Leadership Styles on Workers in Ukrainian Non-Profit Organisations
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This study examines the relationship between leadership styles (transformational, empowering, servant) of Ukrainian non-profit organisation (NPO) managers and two employee outcomes, self-reported behaviour and commitment to change. A questionnaire … Goto full post >>
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Retaining Volunteers Through Political Economic Change: Austerity, Boundary Work, and the Making of an Unpaid Workforce in Newcastle’s Parks
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. This article is concerned with the persistence and transformations of local authority ‘in-house’ volunteering programs—which integrate volunteers recruited in a personal capacity in the delivery of local services—during the United Kingdom’s 2010–2020 … Goto full post >>
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NGO–Government Relations in States With Weak Institutions: Avoiding the State While Supplementing Resource Gaps
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Those working in the NGO space continue efforts to expand the set of government–nonprofit relationship types and strategies that comparative scholars may utilize so that researchers in diverse contexts have a more comprehensive toolbox for identifying … Goto full post >>
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NCRP Identifies Philanthropy’s Best & Boldest Leaders Meeting the Moment in its Winners of the 2025 IMPACT Awards
NCRP Identifies Philanthropy’s Best & Boldest Leaders Meeting the Moment in its Winners of the 2025 IMPACT Awards Selection Committee of 10 philanthropic and nonprofit leaders spotlights innovative and steadfast commitment of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Grand Victoria Foundation, Women Donors Network, Bush Foundation, and The Philanthropy Project’s Jan Masaoka and Jon Pratt to challenge the sector to…
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September 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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Virtual Philanthropy: Exploring Its Definition and Perceived Social Impact Through a Mixed-Method Approach
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Ahead of Print. Virtual philanthropy, as a novel and distinct mode of digital giving, is expanding the boundaries of traditional philanthropy. Yet, little is known about this new phenomenon, which warrants academic inquiry. This study adopts a mixed-methods approach to … Goto full post >>
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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…