Philanthropy, the Post-2015 Agenda, and Diffuse Collaboration
In joining the push for meaningful Sustainable Development Goals, foundations need to prepare for a long-term give-and-take approach.
Sectors - Articles
The Next Great Frontier of Impact Investing
A framework to make impact investing appealing to institutional investors and accessible to international nonprofits.
Podcast
Shared Measurement and Big Data for Good
Traditional tools for evaluation and measurement fail to take into account the complexity of an interconnected and digitized world.
Social Good = Scale x Impact (Who Knew?)
Why both nonprofits and academics should focus on scale and impact in this simple formula for good.
Empathetic Donor-Doer Engagement
A seven-part framework for increasing empathy between foundations and grantees.
Moving Toward Multi-Dimensional Democracy
If the Hewlett Foundation’s Madison Initiative wants to strengthen American democracy, it needs to adopt a more multi-layered democratic theory.
Building Impact Investment Readiness
A new approach to unlocking institutional investments globally.
Predicting the Path to Scale
The power of anticipating the good, the bad, and the unexpected.
The Supreme Court’s First Brush with Social Enterprise
A look at how Hobby Lobby affects emerging corporate forms.
Podcast
Optimized Social Responsibility Through Evaluation
Three evolving approaches to evaluation in social enterprise could change its use in a significant way.