As funders, our immediate response to the onset of a global pandemic early in 2020 was humanitarian: to increase our support and to provide it in more flexible ways.
As in person visits continue to be put on pause, I worry that prolonged distancing might push philanthropy towards more individualism and isolationism, precisely at the moment when collectivity and solidarity are so desperately needed.
With exponential increases in depression and anxiety among children, it is clear that we need collective philanthropic efforts to support our next generation.
Even if we are not in constant rapid response mode as we were over the past four years, we have much to do as social change organizations and advocates.
The civic health of communities across the country was dealt yet another blow last month when the hedge fund Alden Global Capital announced it would acquire Tribune Publishing.