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Managing for Ambiguity
Sustainable enterprise is increasingly relying on artful thinking and Eastern philosophy to innovate Western business models for global practice.
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Social Investment Funds With a Conscience
Cross-sector ecosystems in Japan use impact investing to solve the country’s greatest social challenges while generating financial returns. This article was translated by Ken Ito and Oliver Carrington.
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Next-Generation Philanthropy
Asia’s second wave of philanthropists are eschewing traditional philanthropic models in favor of more expansive, hands-on approaches.
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Renewing Common Purpose and Collective Action
The president and CEO of the United Nations Foundation reflects on the power of philanthropic collaboration.
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Empowering Nonprofits
The president and CEO of Independent Sector elaborates on how big bets can help redistribute wealth and rebalance the power dynamic between donors and nonprofits.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.