The Social Impact Investment Mirage
It’s time for funders to get real about what social entrepreneurs need to succeed.
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Housing and Homelessness: Breaking Down Silos for Systems Change
Lessons for funders and social change leaders in search of the best ways to collaborate across sectors to end homelessness.
A Voice in Prison
Arts programming in prisons is more than just rehabilitation. It’s radical activism.
What Large, Unrestricted Gifts Do for Nonprofit Leaders
A study of MacKenzie Scott’s early giving reveals how transformational generous general operating support can be.
Thinking and Acting Like a Platform Will Help Social Entrepreneurs Create Impact at Scale
Platform thinking pushes social entrepreneurs to leave the role of the problem solver in favor of being an enabler of changemakers who can solve problems locally.
ESG Is Not Impact Investing and Impact Investing Is Not ESG
Understanding these six important differences will both facilitate better conversations and help channel funds appropriately.
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Driving Change in Housing Policies With Advocacy and Organizing
Two housing justice advocates discuss different approaches to policy change and the importance of centering the voices of people most affected by systemic barriers and inequities in housing.
What We Can Learn From the COVID-19 Philanthropy Commons
A platform to streamline philanthropic conversation and sharing opportunities needs to start by building community and rapport, rather than merely technology.
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Microfinance and the Backlash
An excerpt from the new edition of Small Loans, Big Dreams on microfinance since the Nobel.
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The Promise of Impact Science
Imagine if nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers no longer had to guess what works but could predict success with scientific certainty. Enter the field of impact science.