SSIR Online, Fall 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about handling systems collapse, measuring narrative change, and helping NGOs shift to working with government.
Collaboration - Articles
Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
Shelter From the Storm
As an ideas magazine, SSIR offers a sanctuary for deep thinking on the issues of our time, including President Donald Trump's attempts to disrupt the social sector in ways that will be felt for years.
An Abundance of Capacity
Optimizing for outcomes will require building out a range of local public and private institutions.
Scaling Community-Grown Solutions
What savings groups can teach the social sector about partnering with governments for systems change.
Recombination as Rebirth
In this time of crisis, nonprofits may be forced into mergers, acquisitions, and sunsets. A few principles will help leaders make the most of a difficult moment.
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Critical Coalitions
An excerpt from Power to the Partners shows how designing coalitions is vital to successful organizational partnership
Laying the Groundwork for Government-Led Poverty Reduction
Four priorities for NGOs turning to local government partnerships in the face of funding cuts to help build lasting, large-scale solutions to poverty.
Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
Development Philanthropy Must Be Partnership Not Patronage
Between hard bargains and charity, the future requires catalytic collaboration.
What the Anti-Slavery Movement Can Offer for a Livable Climate
Climate change and slavery form a vicious cycle. Collective action for a free and livable future is an opportunity to combat both at once.