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Measurement & Evaluation
The Randomista Revolt
An excerpt from Beyond Belief on building the evidence revolution in Washington
Technology
Supercharging Network Intelligence
How network organizations can use AI to better understand and support their members in real time.
Organizational Development
Treating New Hires as Strangers
Newly hired managers do better when integrated slowly into firm operations.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Four Principles of a Breathing Organization
From Model Ts to tea, organizations devoted to human flourishing need to build the human architecture for their people to breathe.
Education
A Democratic Vision for Public Schools
Neoliberalism has set the agenda for US public education for decades. Amid rising civic discord, is there a different vision?
Philanthropy & Funding
Building a Trust-Based Philanthropy to Shift Power Back to Communities
To realize the deep systemic change that America is demanding, philanthropy must reorganize to build and demonstrate a trust-based culture.
Advocacy
How to Build Better Calls to Action
A well-told story can inspire people to engage with social and environmental issues, but how do nonprofits channel that energy into behaviors that make a difference? Behavioral science can help point the way.
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Renewing Public Education’s Purpose
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Stuart Foundation are pleased to co-sponsor this series of diverse essays on the purpose of public education. The authors write from different vantage points, but each takes seriously a core question: In a time of widespread change, what is public education for, and how can it evolve to meet its promise?
Nonprofits & NGOs
Nonprofits Need Enterprise Capital to Succeed
Many nonprofits face a mismatch of their budget and their balance sheet. Funders can help build stronger financial foundations.
Philanthropy & Funding
Due Diligence as a Catalyst for Growth
Why philanthropy should think of due diligence not as a vetting exercise, but as an opportunity to build deeper partnerships that lead to more sustainable impact.
Scaling
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
Nonprofits & NGOs
When Compliance Aims to Silence
A look at the motivations behind and impact of a new law limiting nonprofit fundraising in Ecuador, and how civil society organizations are coming together to reclaim their agency.
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Impact Investing
There Is No Such Thing as Impact Investing
There is philanthropic investing, and there is commercial investing, and there is nothing in between.
Scaling
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
Nonprofits & NGOs
How Will Your Nonprofit Survive?
In the face of current funding uncertainty, US nonprofits must innovate to sustain their missions.
Education
Welcome to the Era of Relational Intelligence
As AI begins to transform education, work, and social life, we need to focus on developing and expanding capacities essential for human flourishing.
Economic Development
When USAID Shut Down, Its Lessons Nearly Vanished. AI Helped Recover Them
A final sweep of 60 years of evidence reveals durable truths about how development succeeds and fails.