Keeping the Social Impact Going When a Pilot Project Ends
A new type of pay-for-success collaboration model in Singapore addresses the perennial issue of an exit strategy after philanthropic pilots.
Collaboration Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy
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The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2022
Highlights from the magazine and website cover ESG, leadership, systems change, and more.
Convening by Design
Principles and tactics for creating strategic convenings that foster meaningful interaction and outcomes.
SSIR Stories Around the World
Stories selected by the editors of Stanford Social Innovation Review’s global editions and why they chose to share them with their local audiences.
What Makes Funder Collaboration Effective?
Aligned objectives, clear decision-making structures, knowledge flows, adaptability, and assuring utility for grantee partners.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
What Business Execs Don’t Know—but Should—About Nonprofits
Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector – as board members, donors, partners, and even executives. Yet all too often they underestimate the unique challenges of managing nonprofit organizations.
The Dawn of System Leadership
The deep changes necessary to accelerate progress against society's most intractable problems require someone who catalyzes collective leadership.