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How to Eliminate the Myth of Meritocracy and Build the World We Deserve

NonProfit Quarterly

The false belief that a person can leverage hard work and talent to pull themselves and their family out of poverty should they only try is a pervasive story that has shaped our culture and laws. Racial discrimination was written into the laws, so these programs continue to be, at best, a Band-Aid solution accessible to only some Americans.

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Ancestor in the Making: A Future Where Philanthropy’s Legacy Is Stopping the Bad and Building the New

NonProfit Quarterly

These new laws channeled philanthropic assets into municipal bonds and community development loan funds, which stabilized local municipalities. “As The passage of the THRIVE Act prioritized renewable, environmentally sound, ethically sourced energy production, from development to deployment.

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Economic Justice: Nonprofit Leaders Speak Out

NonProfit Quarterly

Nelson Colón of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, and Clara Miller, president emerita of the Heron Foundation—come from philanthropy. The main goal is to empower workers and consumers and improve the quality of community life. The drug epidemic has devastated our most poverty-stricken communities.