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The Grantmakers for Education Out-of-School Time Impact Group recently released a new report, Investing in the Out-of-School Time Workforce: Recommendations for Grantmakers. This report outlines key challenges facing the field, including the need for stable funding, increased staff compensation, and clearer career pathways, and then makes four key recommendations for funders. The recommendations for philanthropy include supporting the implementation of emerging solutions, advancing research, policy, and narrative shift, centering the OST workforce in grantmaking, and leveraging philanthropic influence to gain more support for the OST ecosystem. You can read the full report or the executive summary online. 

From the Sector, For the Sector: Investing in the Workforce to Sustain and Expand Youth Services in NYC captures recommendations from the Collaborative for Advancing Youth Development’s 2026 State of the Sector Convening. Hundreds of youth development professionals gathered to identify what it takes to build a workforce that can thrive—from investing in staff growth and career pathways to strengthening education, credentials, and funding structures. The report highlights both the strengths of the sector and the challenges facing youth workers, offering recommendations to build a more sustainable, equitable youth development sector. Read the full report online. 

From Trust to Turnout, a recent report from United Neighborhood Houses (UNH), examines how New York’s settlement houses and community-based organizations can strengthen civic participation through long-term, relationship-based engagement. The authors make the case that nonprofits are particularly well positioned to reach first-time and low-propensity voters who are often not reached by candidates and campaigns. The report explores UNH leverages this reality through their Get Out the Vote (GOTV) project, which supports settlement houses in facilitating nonpartisan voter engagement. The project includes funding via mini-grants, peer learning, technical assistance, and data analysis to support participating organizations. The report surfaces several key insights from the initiative, including learnings about building trust, inspiring voters and reducing turnout gaps, and building longer term organizational capacity. Read the full report online. 

The Center for Effective Philanthropy released its State of Nonprofits 2026 report, which finds that nonprofits across the country are facing rising demand for services alongside growing financial and staffing challenges. Based on a survey of nearly 400 nonprofit leaders, the report highlights concerns about long-term sustainability, with a particular focus on leadership burnout, fundraising challenges, and the strategic adaptations that nonprofits are making to bridge key resource gaps. The findings offer valuable insight into how nonprofit and community-based organizations are navigating an increasingly uncertain environment. 

Looking to make the case about the need for summer learning opportunities? Check out this new report from Afterschool Alliance, curated from their larger 2025 America After 3PM research. The report underscores the success of and strong public support for summer learning programs, coupled with insights regarding challenges with funding and equitable access. The report concludes with policy recommendations. In addition to this larger report, Afterschool Alliance published a graphic summer factsheet that distills the main data points and takeaways from the larger report.