Sunsetting in Style
Foundations can turn the decision to spend down into a long-lasting and impactful legacy.
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Harnessing Academic Expertise for Societal Challenges
Public Exchange creates streamlined pathways for public and private sector leaders to tap academic expertise. This model accelerates solutions to challenging social and environmental problems and enhances the social impact of academic research.
Looking Back to Look Forward
SSIR’s new editor-in-chief and publisher invites readers to collaborate as the organization evolves: “SSIR works best when it works for you.”
SSIR Online, Spring 2024 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about DEI, impact investing, learning from failure, and generational conflict in social justice organizations.
Invest in Networks for Exponential Climate Wins
As time ticks down on the transition to clean energy, networked solutions will be crucial for beating the clock.
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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.