Cognigence is a venture philanthropy organization that writes about funding entrepreneurial education, financial literacy and credit access for girls, women and people in poverty. Its issues also promote its own portfolio companies, such as a carbon-credit verification platform, and frame them as measurable social investments.
Website: https://blog.cognigence.org/
Delta Fund's newsletter challenges the assumptions of philanthropy and impact investing, arguing that ESG, win-win and climate agreements have failed to change a broken economic system. Its issues mix pointed critique with grounded case studies, such as a food-locker network, and speculative fiction about AI risks.
Nonprofit AF is a sharp, opinionated newsletter from a nonprofit sector writer who critiques civility norms, white moderation, and rule-following in philanthropy, often with dark humour. Readers get a critical take on power and conflict-avoidance in nonprofits, plus event invitations and calls for reader stories.
Dispatches from people working in Moral Ambition projects, focused mainly on tobacco control and strategic litigation against health-harming industries. Issues combine first-person field experience with arguments about funding gaps, legal strategy and advocacy.
A personal blog by a biomedical philanthropy leader tracking progress toward ten global health technologies he hopes will exist by February 2029, such as at-home multiplex diagnostics and strep A and TB advances. It also covers science funding and hiring in global health R&D.
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