Rethinking Spending Rates
Endowment spending rates are at the heart of every foundation and should hold deep connections to mission alignment, values, and governance.
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Peers Inc
Peers Inc explores how age-old concepts of capitalism, consumerism, and even ownership are taking on new meaning in today’s marketplace of the "sharing economy."
Why [Buzzword] Won’t Save the World
Marketing success doesn’t equal impact.
A New Path for Social Enterprises Through the “Valley of Death”
Providing a tailored mix of different types of capital and reestablishing a more human-centered sense of accountability is helping social enterprises traverse the proverbial funding gap.
Building an Intentional and Inclusive Civic Infrastructure
To address 21st-century problems, we need to build a civic infrastructure that serves all members of society, especially those on the margins.
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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.