Nonprofits & NGOs
Building a Culture of Conflict Resiliency
Conflict is inevitable in any organization. The question for the nonprofit sector and its supporters is how to structure it in ways that strengthen communities.
Economic Development
Closing the Rental Wealth Gap
Join Katie Deal and SSIR Deputy Editor David Johnson for a conversation about opportunities for renters to build wealth and financial security in an exclusive author conversation on October 6. Register now!
Technology
Intentional Design in AI Adoption, Not Just Speed
Going from hamster wheel to flywheel to supercharge AI adoption in workforce training
Foundations
Who Holds the Keys?
As federal funding disappears and community organizations close, much of the power to respond sits with foundation boards—and the moment to use it is now.
Economic Development
A Model for Restoring
the Rust Belt
Deindustrialization hit Chicago's south suburbs hard. Can the Southland Development Authority breathe new life into the area and promote a template for reviving regions?
Business
How Profit Sharing Redistributes Wealth
French profit-sharing rules improve the pay of lower-skilled workers without affecting the growth or productivity of firms.
Global Editions
Revitalizing Korea’s Small Cities
How the urban revitalization project Localize Gunsan breathed new life into a declining area by applying a pacer model that supports young entrepreneurs for an extended time.
Nonprofits & NGOs
How Will Your Nonprofit Survive?
In the face of current funding uncertainty, US nonprofits must innovate to sustain their missions.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy’s Missing Trillions, Revisited
The Baby Boomers' wealth transfer is one of the greatest opportunities in the history of the philanthropy and nonprofit sector. There is still work to do.
Philanthropy & Funding
Faith-Aligned Finance Is the Original Trust Capital
Development finance sees faith-aligned capital as money to unlock. Its bigger value is the centuries-old architecture that lets money move at scale, endure over time, and arrive with trust built into its design.
Technology
How AI Disclosures Disconnect
Seeing an AI disclosure on a social post leads users to disengage, because they feel the creator spent less effort on making it.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Nonprofit Mergers Need More Than Mission Alignment
What two mergers taught us about the necessary conditions and hard truths that come after "yes."
Leadership
If You Want to Teach Social Innovation, Teach Power
Lessons from Wesleyan on entrepreneurial education
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Scaling
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
Philanthropy & Funding
Why Don’t Philanthropists Build Anymore?
The United States is living through a second Gilded Age. But unlike yesterday's magnates, today's billionaires prefer to write checks to existing organizations. They should instead build institutions that last.
Scaling
Scale Right, Not Cheap and Easy
Social innovation means building a road to the future that doesn't yet exist, without lowering standards.
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The Gyms on the Corners
Recognition, distortion, and the organizing infrastructure behind Minnesota's response to Operation Metro Surge.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Who Will Raise the Money When the Money Raisers Are Gone?
To solve the talent crisis, we must move from transactionalism to transformation.