From flexible giving to well-managed tech tools, the new generation of donors are changing up the old models of charitable giving.

Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.

When people refer to Baltimore as Smalltimore, Leah Schottenstein Schulman feels right at home.  A native of Bexley (Columbus), Ohio—a city she describes as a fraction of the size of Baltimore—and coming from a very large