Philanthropy: The New Risk Capital?
Novel, targeted investment strategies are giving donors a powerful chance to spend wisely—by fueling the innovation economy.
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Three Strategies for Closing the Education-to-Employment Gap
A look at how educators, employers, and others can help millions unemployed and under-employed global youth qualify for and find available jobs.
The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit
Succession planning is the No. 1 organizational concern of US nonprofits, but they are failing to develop their most promising pool of talent: homegrown leaders.
Leadership
A Network Approach to a “No Kill” Nation
Using a strategy that starts and ends with community-based collaboration, the animal welfare organization Maddie’s Fund and its partners are achieving the ambitious goal of a no-kill nation.
Collaboration
Building Many Stories into Collective Impact
For long-lasting, effective change, collaborative efforts must fully engage diverse community voices.
The Early Childhood Challenge for Philanthropists
Investments that can dramatically improve kindergarten readiness for at-risk children.
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Squandering America’s Future
Squandering America’s Future offers an irreverent critique of the way we rear and educate children today, with profiles of change makers—ingenious gymnasts who keep their balance on the three-legged stool of research, practice, and policy.
Why Science Matters in International Aid
How the Belgian Red Cross is using scientific evidence to make its services more effective—and cost-effective.
Bridging the Clean Energy Divide
Solar-plus-storage capability needs to reach vulnerable populations fast. Can we speed up disruptive technologies’ usual path to adoption?
Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships: A New Framework
Why nonprofits need to engage the private sector, and three steps to achieving more effective collaboration.