This month we're going to share some of the key lessons we've learned about how highly effective funders have successfully built trust with their grantees. We've drawn them from Edelsberg, Bonbright, and other experts in the...

Lowell recently started advising a Seattle-based technology entrepreneur who's right at the beginning of his philanthropic journey. This new donor posed a question we wish all new donors would ask: "What do I need to do if I want to be effective at this?"

To kick off the new year, we want to spark a conversation that clearly demands our attention this year: how our sector can make smart use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the latter a form of AI that can learn...

Our post last month on gratitude struck a resonant chord with many of you. So we want to end this year by talking about a related virtue: courage. The kind of courage we often read and talk about is physical—like Lowell’s father-in-law’s heroic combat on the frozen slopes of Monte Belvedere to liberate Italy...

Fair warning: We're gonna get personal in this post. That's because we're feeling extra reflective this holiday season. We both had milestone birthdays this year (50 for Lowell, 75 for Mario), and we've both experienced personal loss. In the past month alone, Mario lost...