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Advancing Latino Futures: Building a thriving central Texas
Full text linkAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hispanics became the largest demographic in Texas in 2022, making up 40.2% of the state's population. As the fastest-growing demographic in Central Texas, Latinos are pivotal in shaping the region's future. This report examines the key indicators of economic mobility for Latinos in Central Texas through four critical areas: early childhood education, health & wellness, job skills & entrepreneurship, and leadership development
PERSPECTIVES FOR BRAZILIAN PHILANTHROPY 2025
Full text linkDIS presents the fourth edition of the annual report Perspectives for Brazilian Philanthropy, highlighting relevant movements for social investors and other sector members.Beyond reflections on the current landscape, the report showcases initiatives and solutions that are gaining prominence and can serve as inspiration and encouragement for new ideas
100 Climate-Neutral European Cities: Philanthropyâs Role in Ensuring a Just and Fair Transition through the EU Cities Mission
Full text link100 Cities from 27 EU Member States are paving the way to Europe's ambition to be the first climate neutral continent by 2050. Through the co-design and delivery of a Climate City Contract (CCCs), an innovative governance tool endorsed by participating public authorities, enterprises, universities and civil society organisations, cities can formalise their commitment to ambitious targets they set themselves.53 cities have delivered these CCCs and have been awarded the EU Mission Label, however analysis of the 52 CCCs publicly available reveals that a total of 58 foundations are referenced across 22 cities in 11 EU Member States. With Europe being the continent with the largest number of registered public-benefit foundations there is an untapped potential that can be unlocked. This publication analyses the current ways in which foundations are supporting cities' transition to climate neutrality, identifies how foundations can further be involved and outlines key recommendations to the European Commission to shape a tailored pathway to onboard philanthropy and unlock its untapped potential
Youth Participation Index : Monitoring Report of Political, Social and Economic Participation of Youth 2023
Full text linkCreating space for youth participation is immensely important and recognised in many public policies, research studies, and official statements. And yet, states and municipalities often fail to establish such spaces. This is evident when many young people are out of education and quality jobs, and they remain absent in places of formal political decision-making. Still, they are present in statistics on poverty and social support. Sometimes, the lack of youth participation may be perceived as a result of their disengagement, lack of motivation, or interest. Thus, when young people do participate, sometimes through methods of participation such as protests and demonstrations, this may seem surprising. Their engagement implies that their scarce involvement cannot be attributed to their lack of motivation but to the shortcomings of adequate institutional support.Eight years ago, the Youth Hub for Western Balkans and Türkiye Network (YHWBT Network) developed the Youth Participation Index (YPI) to summarise data on barriers to youth participation and provide a concrete data-driven tool for policymakers and youth organisations to improve it. This Index aims to provide a comprehensive overview of opportunities for youth through the lens of 25 political, economic, and social participation indicators. The data in this Index does not refer to the outcome – how frequently and in which ways young people participate, but to inputs – political, economic, and social contexts that shape youth opportunities to do so. The eighth edition of this Index includes, for the first time, data from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo, thus providing comprehensive information on youth participation in the region
Homecoming/Bienvenida: A Mural from the Borderlands and Ethnic Studies Department at NMSU
Full text linkEducational booklet: a full-color, 16-page booklet on the Borderland Mural Project "Homecoming/ Bienvenida," complete with didactics for five murals to support teachers as they interact with the mural as curriculum
The Motheral Report and Land Reform in Iran, 1952-1963
Full text linkIn 1957, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi commissioned US agricultural economist Joseph R. Motheral to study Iran's land tenure system and propose reforms. The resulting Motheral Report laid the foundation for later land redistribution programs, which sought to address, through rural development, the issue of political instability. The report drew upon the Shah's pre-existing objectives and efforts to advocate for US support in implementing large-scale land reform, including financial assistance and technical training, and outlined a five-year timeline for redistribution. While the report failed to spur immediate action, its key points shaped subsequent efforts by both the US and Iranian governments, including Prime Minister Ali Amini's land reform efforts in 1961 and the Shah's White Revolution in 1963
New Dialogues for Peace
Full text linkNew Dialogues for Peace aims to help philanthropic actors transform how they look at and engage in peacebuilding not as a singular achievement but as daily labour. This report has been created as a discussion document to encourage philanthropy to use its skills, knowledge and resources to increase support for those working on the frontlines of violent conflict
The Brooklyn Health Equity Index: A new survey to measure patients' experience of bias and discrimination
Full text linkIn 2022, United Hospital Fund convened a task force of leaders from New York health care organizations to help coordinate efforts to improve health equity and health care quality. The task force's findings were released in a recent UHF report.Complementing this report is a new series of spotlights chronicling how some task force members are already taking the initiative to connect quality and equity in their health systems.The spotlight series is organized in four themes: incorporating social determinants of health (SDoH) into clinical care models; patient engagement and co-design; improving capacity for SDoH screening and referrals; and investing in the community. This spotlight examines the Brooklyn Health Equity Index (BKHI), developed by SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Center in partnership with One Brooklyn Health System (OBHS) and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health.Â
Laying the Foundation for Environmental Peacebuilding
Full text linkThe environment has long served as a means for bringing adversaries together to discuss technical issues as a step toward enhancing security and building political cooperation. During the height of the Cold War, Soviet and American scientists would meet at international scientific meetings to discuss topics ranging from fisheries and air pollution to nuclear safety and climate change. Such meetings provided entry points to build trust, confidence, and mutual understanding in areas that demanded cooperation such as environmental management. Meetings among nongovernmental organizations also helped to build bridges among civil society groups by discussing issues of mutual concern that demanded cooperation, including arms reduction and environmental protection. Such forms of cooperation surrounding environmental issues have been the foundation of the field of environmental peacebuilding whereby the environment is an entry point for conflict prevention and building a sustainable peace. This report, "Laying the Foundation for Environmental Peacebuilding," revisits environmental peacebuilding efforts both during the Cold War and in the immediate years following the break-up of Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union to take stock of their political and environmental impact. The Rockefeller Archive Center houses the records of the Trust for Mutual Understanding (TMU). TMU is a private foundation that since 1985 has awarded grants to American nonprofit organizations to support direct exchanges in the arts and the environment. This report focuses on the extent to which direct person-to-person contacts and professional meetings have helped to strengthen cooperation, enhance trust and understanding, and foster a healthy and clean environment.Â
Fertile Ground : A mapping and analysis of the vibrant ecosystem of organisations across Europe working to transform our economic system
Full text linkCommissioned by Partners for a New Economy (P4NE) as a follow-on to Demos Helsinki's Turning the Tide (2022), this study set out with the objectives to:Conduct an updated mapping of organisations within Europe working on the shared objective of economic systems changeIdentify and synthesise shared challenges, needs, and structural gaps across the ecosystemDevelop a practical typology framework to support navigation and understanding of the fieldSurface key trends, shifts, and emergent dynamics over the past 5 yearsIdentify where points of cohesion, traction, and progress can be further supportedOffer recommendations to funders and the field itself on how to strengthen the field and support its objective