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This report is an annual look at the world's collective progress towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. The 2023 report looks at where innovations could save the lives of more than two million mothers and babies. 

This report, based on in-depth interviews with leaders of 11 limited life foundations, illustrates the ways in which limited life foundations approach spending down in nine key areas, including investing, grantmaking and strategy, and communications. 

This report, presented as a series of articles, shares the stories of leaders of color as they ascend the ranks of nonprofits and foundations.

This study analyzed the impact of diseases of despair on mortality within the Appalachian Region, focusing on mortality from three main causes: alcohol, prescription drug, and illegal drug overdose; suicide; and alcoholic liver disease/cirrhosis of the liver. (The link downnloads a PDF file of the updated 2022 report.)

This report, presented as a collection of articles, discusses the potential benefits of using AI in fundraising, pitfalls to avoid, and questions to ask before selecting an AI provider.

This report, based on a survey of 150 program officers, provides a comprehensive collection of benchmarking data on topics ranging from the professional and educational backgrounds of program officers, to technical information about the structure of the program officer role, to program officers’ perspectives on certain aspects of their work. 

This report examines how the Annie E. Casey Foundation has been working with a network of grantees to build their advocacy capacity. 

This report exposes how the traditional approach to grantmaking — project-based grants, typically awarded in one-year increments — often works in opposition to the lofty aspirations that grantmakers and their nonprofit and community partners have for catalyzing meaningful social change. It makes the case that flexible grants, awarded over longer periods of time, can create a more generative ethos for nonprofits and grantmakers alike to achieve their vision for a better world.

This report examines the importance of stakeholder engagement as well as approaches to engaging stakeholders. (The link will download a PDF file of the report.)

This report outlines what it takes to support frontline activists to make enduring social change for women. (The link will download a PDF file.)