Impact Investing
Sustainable Investments Are Not Always What They Seem
Investors need to better educate themselves about the local context in which their funds are deployed.
Articles
Collaboration
Reframing Education Change in India
Improving learning outcomes in India requires that funders and social purpose organizations shift to working on the entire educational ecosystem rather than focused interventions.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Five SSIR Articles for U.N. Week
A reading list of our favorite articles on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Civic Engagement
Breaking Barriers, Shifting Narratives, and Expanding Opportunity
By designing programs and policies to overcome longstanding systemic barriers in communities, we can expand opportunities for equity.
Civic Engagement
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate?
A framework for understanding the roles you can play in a movement for social change.
Organizational Development
Demystifying the Theory of Change Process
Why the process of creating a theory of change matters, and a five-step guide to success.
A Portfolio Approach to Social Innovation Partnerships
Successful social innovation at scale requires partners from the public, private, and social sectors to work together through flexible models that evolve to meet shifting requirements and address changing risks.
Economic Development
A New Paradigm for Microfinance: Savings and Credit
While they are no magic wand and really only work as part of a holistic approach, there is enormous potential for international development organizations to help communities help themselves through savings and credit groups.
Organizational Development
Talent: The Key to Developing the Social Sector in China
Many organizations in China are aging without reaching their potential for impact because they lack needed talent, but there are ways to overcome this challenge.
IN-DEPTH SERIES
Advancing Equity in Communities
This series, produced in partnership with Equal Measure, aims to inspire new and inform current conversations about the role of equity in the development and evaluation of philanthropic investments.