Looking Back to Move Forward
An excerpt from How Social Science Got Better on how the social sciences are becoming more relevant, diverse, and reflective.
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From Plow to Prosperity
Babban Gona provides the capital and means to move Nigeria’s poor farmers from a life of subsistence to economic security—and a model for alleviating poverty across Africa.
Taking a Bet on a Philanthropic Pooled Fund for Southeast Asia
How the COVID-19 pandemic propelled an intermediary to take on running a pooled philanthropic fund, and seven lessons for first-time, pooled-fund managers.
Improving Early Literacy Outcomes for All Children
The pandemic’s disruptions have only exacerbated many social, economic, and cultural fault lines, and so, learning recovery programs must focus on quality and equity at both the individual and systems level.
Implementation Beyond Headline Victories
Championing initiatives is not enough. Philanthropy must fund their implementation and build power in communities to keep the ball moving.
Investing in Child Care Entrepreneurs
Helping child care entrepreneurs build businesses to meet market demand is a powerful strategy for revitalizing communities.
Best of 2021 Nonprofit Management Institute
Participants at this year’s NMI heard from nonprofit and business executives, noted academics, and prominent public-sector leaders about building a healthier future by creating personal, organizational, and societal well-being.
Why Intersectional Stories Are Key to Helping the Communities We Serve
Telling diverse and inclusive stories for social change that center marginalized communities and build understanding requires that we show the complex ways communities experience systems of inequality.
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Business and the Sustainable Development Agenda
An excerpt from Public Goods, Sustainable Development and the Contribution of Business reconsiders the public goods concept and puts forth models for business and the public sectors to respond to the global challenges that our post-COVID-19 world is facing.
Strengthening the Philanthropic Supply Chain
Optimizing the path from funder to fundee isn’t something philanthropy has thought about systematically, but the sector should take this moment to build some muscle into it, with an eye toward racial and economic justice.