Using Data to Change Gun Policy
The Joyce Foundation is finding success with gun violence prevention through policy efforts, using research that sheds light on causes and trends.
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New Ways to Evaluate Impact
Human-centered design and systems thinking can help evaluate social impact in a global context.
Review
Prepare to Update Your Theory of Change
The new book Scarcity provides critical insights for designing better anti-poverty programs, but not for allocating scarce philanthropic resources.
People, Planet, Profit ... Religion?
How legal challenges to the contraceptive mandate implicate social enterprise.
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Global Issues
Social Media on Purpose
Marcia Stepanek provides a robust framework for building a social media strategy that fits with the organization's mission
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Making Conservation Finance Investable
Conservation finance is an undeveloped investment opportunity that offers the potential to conserve vital ecosystems while also providing a financial return.
Taking Pay for Success Financing to the South
An analysis of the viability of pay-for-success initiatives in South Carolina shows that this new type of financing can work in more rural, "red” states.
Creating a Future Impact Investing Strategy
From 2008-2012 the US government’s Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) supported $2.4 billion in impact investments.
Silicon Valley Takes on Gun Violence
A group of Silicon Valley investors is challenging entrepreneurs to create high-tech solutions to reducing gun violence.