A friend who recently suffered a loss shared a powerful metaphor: Grief is like a fingerprint — uniquely personal, yet still part of our shared human experience. Over the past several months, we have ...

Community can buffer loneliness and isolation by offering pathways to health through physical and social activities, gatherings, rituals, walking, talking, and civic engagement.

As the CEO and president of Cardinal Credit Union, I've seen firsthand how credit unions can be a powerful force within their communities. They are key to helping communities spur local economic ...

Over the past decade, philanthropic leaders and others working for progressive social change have increasingly focused on culture. This growing interest in culture comes from a dual understanding that ...

The United States charitable sector, made up of 1.9 million nonprofits and philanthropies, is facing an increasingly uncertain landscape. With new executive orders every day and a rapidly changing ...

Dr. James Bridgeforth holds a Ph.D. from the University of Southern Mississippi. He has served as an adjunct professor at Virginia Tech, the University of South Alabama, the University of Southern ...

Giving Tuesday invites us to pause and recognize the impact we can make right here at home. In Santa Barbara County, it’s an opportunity to lift up the nonprofits that quietly and consistently support ...

In addition to homes for their work, movements need patient, flexible, holistic, integrated capital that supports the full ...

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...

The startup ecosystem is frequently depicted as a challenging battlefield, a landscape where entrepreneurs, armed with their vision and determination, navigate through uncertainties and adversities to ...