The New Double Bottom Line
By combining the characteristics of small and nimble organizations with those that have successfully scaled, can we have our impact and our numbers too?
Articles P3100
It’s Time to Break Arts Philanthropy Out of Its Silo
Connecting arts goals to a foundation’s larger vision can make support for the arts more targeted and impactful.
Education
To Build Leaders for Social Impact, Universities Must Adapt
Universities play a critical role in producing social impact leaders committed to the public good and prepared to confront the challenges of an uncertain world.
Measurement & Evaluation
From Guessing to Knowing
We do best when we let communities define and direct their own “positive outcomes.”
The Freedom, Insecurity, and Future of Independent Work
With a growing part of the workforce earning a living independently, we need a new system that provides greater stability and security.
Measurement & Evaluation
Moving From Pass/Fail to Continuous Progress
It’s hard to fully understand the effects of interventions that aim to address several life challenges at once. But it can help to transition from all-or-nothing assessments to more incremental measures.
Education
Why Universities Shouldn’t Teach Social Entrepreneurship
For true social change to happen, we must welcome social entrepreneurs from all backgrounds, but universities simply can’t do that in their current form.
Measurement & Evaluation
Education Decision Makers Need More Timely, Actionable Data
Although we are ultimately most interested in long-term life outcomes for students, to achieve them education leaders will need a new focus on shorter-term, intermediate measures of success.
Three Trends in System-level Impact Investing
Investors must intentionally incorporate new ways of investing if they are to address big global problems or harness global trends while achieving competitive returns—a look at the path ahead.
When Nonprofits Become Market Innovators, Social Returns Are Exponential
Three lessons from the field for NGOs pursuing social impact investing.