How Venture Capital Can Join the ESG Revolution
Venture capital has lagged behind on adoption of ESG practices. Here are four ways they can become more mainstream.
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Understanding the Risks of Nonparticipation in Philanthropy
How philanthropic organizations can better understand the degree to which they include beneficiaries in their decision-making processes, how contextual considerations shape participation, and where problems and opportunities lie.
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Taxes and Giving: The Current and Potential Impact of US Tax Policy for Donors and Nonprofits
How does current US tax law affect charitable giving? What do these policies mean for nonprofits and donors? What strategies maximize the amount of money coming into charitable organizations? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Mike Townsend of Charles Schwab and Company and Hayden Adams of the Schwab Center for Financial Research to help donors and nonprofits think through the impact of tax policies on charitable funding. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
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Follow the Fool
An excerpt from Changemaker Playbook on empathy-based ethics, co-creative teamwork, and clowns.
Locally Driven, Network-Supported Systems Change
Neither top-down nor bottom-up leadership is adequate for solving complex social challenges. We need to combine the strengths of both.
How Listening to Constituents Can Lead to Systems Change
Listening to participants allows nonprofits to go beyond the “what” of change to the “how and why,” the first step toward changing unjust systems.
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The Currency of Human Resources Is Trust
An excerpt from Leading for Justice on going beyond compliance and compensation in HR.
Open Social Innovation
A new approach to tackling social problems orchestrates the participation of multiple stakeholders in the process from generating ideas to scaling solutions.
The Problem of Social Benefit
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good. | Open access to this article made possible by Harvard Business School Division of Research and Faculty Development
Building Relationships, Strengthening Neighborhoods
Systems change efforts that focus on boosting social capital and collective efficacy through building relationships within communities show promise. But do we have the patience to wait for them to work?