Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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Evolving Trust-Based Philanthropy for Racial Justice
Who more than foundation leaders understand how a permanent asset like an endowment brings power? And yet, for most organizations we work with, we haven’t taken the strategic step to provide them with that power.
Expanding Abortion Access in Post-Roe America
Four promising strategies to expand equitable access to safe and legal abortion care in the United States—and the particular role of philanthropic actors in advancing them.
The Adoption of Innovation
How do innovations move from the edges to the core of what an organization does? For maximum impact, innovations must cease to be innovative and become institutionalized and normalized.
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What Business Leaders Bring to Tough Social Challenges
Many hold strong opinions about translating private-sector experience to social impact. Four pioneering founders have figured out how to make it work.
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In the Middle With You
An excerpt from Direct: The Rise of the Middleman Economy and the Power of Going to the Source on the failure of peer-to-peer lending.
The Upside of Nonprofit Burnout
Two years ago I quit my nonprofit CEO job. I’ve just had the two most productive years of my career.
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Impact Investing: Measuring Social and Financial Returns
What should investors consider when looking to have a positive impact in the world? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Juliette Menga of Aetos and Nitin Barve of the Schwab Center for Financial Research about ways investors can achieve social impact without sacrificing their financial goals. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
Ukrainian Civil Society Needs Your Support — And Also Your Trust
Since the first days of the war, Ukrainians have responded with the expertise, creativity, and flexibility necessary to meet the needs of their neighbors rapidly and efficiently.
