Ruth McCambridge

In CEP’s latest research report, “The State of Nonprofits 2026,” one of its three major findings is that “despite ongoing financial challenges, many nonprofits are making strategic adaptations to their work in order to survive.” That is absolutely right — but is putting it mildly. In fact, this period poses a historic “passing gear” challenge for philanthropy.

Cassandra Heliczer: I continue to be very very impressed with ‘How to be an Anti-Racist Supervisor,’ and the reason that one has stayed with me so much, is that I think work justice is going to be a very very big thing. I was very surprised by what Kim-Monique Johnson, what she actually said in that article. I never had that understanding that the way we talk about work now goes back to factory, which is rooted in slavery language. And that just blew my mind.

Joel Toner: You know my favorite story of the year was the one by Dax: ‘Letter to my White male friends.’ It was educational, for me. He has a great voice and presents his ideas clearly, honestly, without derision. And just makes it more accepting to read it and absorb the information. Sign up for our free newsletter Subscribe to the NPQ newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.