Connie Matthiessen
Writer at Inside Philanthropy
Writer, editor, mother, environmentalist, feminist, progressive, optimist, idealist, dreamer, (not necessarily in that order)
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2 weeks ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen
Learning loss that occurs over the summer — the dreaded “summer slide” — can set K-12 students back in school. Conversely, research shows that quality summer learning programs can and help reduce discrepancies in learning outcomes for disadvantaged students. The programs also provide enrichment activities and summer fun for students who might not have such opportunities otherwise.
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3 weeks ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk have essentially eviscerated the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Given the many millions of lives the agency has helped save around the globe, the results will be devastating; we already have evidence of this as the U.S. fails to step in with assistance in the aftermath of the earthquake in Myanmar.
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1 month ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen
Protests in Syria, May 15, 2024. Credit: Mohammad Bash/ShutterstockMost people have never heard of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG), and its name doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, but the small nonprofit is well known and widely respected in human rights circles. HRDAG’s work has been used by human rights organizations, truth commissions and international criminal tribunals, and it has been shortlisted for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1 month ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen
A classroom at Crosstown High School in Memphis, Tennessee. Credit: Crosstown High SchoolThe XQ Institute’s tagline,#RethinkHighSchool, describes the organization’s North Star — and represents a challenge to the education status quo. XQ argues that the typical U.S. high school is mired in the past and needs to be updated and retooled to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
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1 month ago |
insidephilanthropy.com | Connie Matthiessen
The evidence is in: If you give pregnant and new mothers more support, they’ll fare better — and their infants will, too. That’s what we’ve learned from unrestricted cash programs rolled out in communities around the country, and what the Monarch Foundation is showing through the work of The Bridge Project. The Monarch Foundation is a family foundation created by venture capitalist Jeff Lieberman and his wife, Holly Fogle, a former senior partner at McKinsey & Company.
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