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Staying Connected: A Note to Our Members
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Philanthropy Pulse Check: January 2026
Member Insights: Investing in the Deep South
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2025-26 Federal Executive Actions
A continuously updated list of EducationCounsel’s resources specifically related to the Federal Administration’s executive actions.
Derailed: Rising Attacks and Retreating Resources for Racial Justice
From Mismatched to Derailed: Where Does Philanthropy Stand?
PRE’s 2021 report Mismatched documented the gap between the rhetoric of 2020 and the insufficient resources that followed. Derailed draws on Candid’s data for 2019–2023 to assess how institutional philanthropy has responded since.
Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark
The Sustainable Grantmaking Benchmark is a pioneering initiative to promote equity-centered, long-term funding practices across the sector. It centers transparency, multi-year support, and flexible funding as essential tools for driving systemic change.
Funder Brief on Eco-Anxiety: How Time Outside Helps Youth Navigate Climate Emotions
This brief brings together emerging research and practical insights to explore how time outside and nature-based programming can support youth mental wellbeing and help young people process climate emotions, build resilience, and develop a sense of agency and action.
Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?
Education Law Center released, Making the Grade: How Fair is School Funding in Your State?, their most recent annual report on school funding fairness evaluating each state's education funding system on three critical measures of fairness: Funding level, distribution and effort.
Unlocking Opportunity: Eight Strategies for Community Colleges to Improve Post-Completion Outcomes
Aspen and CCRC have just released Unlocking Opportunity: Eight Strategies for Community Colleges to Improve Post-Completion Outcomes. Designed for college presidents, senior teams, and other institutional leaders working to strengthen post-graduate outcomes, the guide is built on the eight strategies that the initial 10 Unlocking Opportunity colleges have used to increase the number of students on pathways aligned to post-graduate success by more than 20,000.
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