What Will It Take to Reimagine Security?
The polycrisis requires seeding new forms of holistic problem-solving across multiple systems.
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Advancing the Impact of Collaborative Funds
The social sector has seen an explosion in collaborative funds over the last 15 years, representing a significant shift in the philanthropic sector. This article series, sponsored by The Gates Foundation, invites practitioners, donors, and advisors to reflect on the impact of collaborative funds—what has worked well? What could work better? And how can the field advance even greater positive change?
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Learning From a Decade of Collaborative Philanthropy
A look at how donor collaboratives have evolved over time, and how fund leaders and donors can sharpen their strategies today.
Continuous Transformation to Serve the Mission
Forty years ago, FUNDES launched to serve small enterprises in Latin America. The organization had to reinvent itself many times to survive but continues to support the region’s economic and social development. | Open access to this article made possible by the University of Geneva
Monument to a Peanut Farmer
The landmark in Plains, Georgia, gives a nod to the late president’s big grin and humble beginnings.
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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.
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.