Many philanthropists don’t seriously consider the sustainability of social programs, while public funds often go to projects with no proven record. To be more effective, philanthropists should fund more early scaling efforts, and then hand off successful projects to public payers.
Six lessons from a large-scale, cross-sector initiative to improve education.
Insights from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation on what makes influence effective.
To sustain collective impact, we must bring more rigor to the practice by drawing on lessons from a diverse array of communities to define what truly makes this work unique.
A new report shares findings on the impact of funder collaboratives in Northeast Ohio and offers tactical suggestions for other regions interested in sparking economic growth.
Collective impact is upending conventional wisdom on how we achieve social progress.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
