What we're Substacking (April 2026)
Who and what we're reading lately on Substack for social impact, philanthropy, civil society, nonprofits/NGOs, social change (and what not)
🕯 Substack is an incredible creative space and meeting point for writers from around the world. It’s also a vibrant, diverse, and growing community filled with passionate voices worth exploring. At any given moment on any given day, you’ll find yourself following threads and strands from familiar starting points to unexpected places.
🕷️ We’re sharing another edition of who and what we are (and have been) reading and following on Substack this month.
📜 Scroll to the bottom of the page for our previous lists [August 2025 - March 2026]
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A) Subscribe to Substacks online and/or through the Substack app.
B) Follow the writers, authors, journalists, and creators themselves via their Substack Profiles and their social media links. Cross-channel shout-outs are also quite cool things to do.
C) Promote others through Substack Notes. When you have time also like, restack, and comment on posts and notes that catch your attention. [Get started with Notes here.]
D) Recommend other Substacks on your Substack: Go to your Dashboard > Recommendations > Outgoing Recommendations > Add Recommendation and then enter the Substack Name with a short blurb. At the bottom of your Recommendations settings, make sure “Include in recommendation digests” and “Show recommendations on homepage” are both switched to “On” [Learn more about this powerful boost here.]
E) Upgrade to paid subscriptions if your budget allows. Many Substackers offer incentives and discounts for their paid tiers.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your voices and views through Substack, and helping others to make good content reach more good people locally and globally. Every form of support counts. Good wishes and happy reading. 📖
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