Sectors - Articles
Social Entrepreneurs Must Stop Throwing Starfish
Too often we engage in linear, simplistic solutions, when lasting change requires collaborative efforts.
Three Steps to More Informed Giving
What we in the philanthropic sector can do to increase informed giving by donors?
“Kony 2012” and Our Capacity to Evaluate Public Charities
The general public and even the media, by and large, simply don’t have the experience, training, or tools to fully evaluate charities’ activities.
Philanthropy’s New Bottom Line: A More Sustainable Capitalism
It’s time to look at investment and social-ecological resilience—not just as philanthropists and impact investors but as a species.
Five Levers for Social Change: Part 3
Practical Advice Series: Five basic “levers,” or strategies, to help businesses or nonprofits achieve social change.
How to Organize Alliances of Multiple Organizations: Part 2
A governance structure for networks seeking to achieve collective impact.
How to Organize Alliances of Multiple Organizations: Part 1
A governance structure for large networks of organizations seeking to achieve collective impact.
Leveraging Online Collaboration
What happens when you leverage the power of internet volunteerism in much the same way as Wikipedia, but with the intention of translating and subtitling videos?
Nonprofit Resilience Relies on Smarter Grantmaking: Part 3
A new study examines field-wide grantmaking attitudes and practices.