Measuring Backbone Contributions to Collective Impact
Part two in a series on how backbone organizations shape the work of collective impact without formal authority.
Collaboration - Articles
Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
Exerting Influence Without Formal Authority
Part one of a two-part series on how backbone organizations shape the work of collective impact without formal authority.
Grantees as Customers
Four ways funders can serve and empower grantees.
Disrupting Corporate Philanthropy
Three best moves and three biggest lessons—Marc Benioff reflects on more than a decade of work at the Salesforce.com Foundation.
Inventing and Reinventing a Philanthropy Model in India
Deval Sanghavi, head of the venture philanthropy fund Dasra, describes his work testing and building new platforms for giving in India.
How the Hub Found Its Center
After a period of crisis and transition, Impact Hub has emerged as an organization that is partly a movement, partly a business, and partly a network.
Off-the-Shelf or Do-It-Yourself?
How a company supports employee voluntarism depends on whether it participates in certain kinds of external networks.
Dressed to Thrive
Fitted for Work gives women what they need—from a new look to a new skill set—to advance in their careers.
Under One Roof
By bringing people together and by pooling resources, the Housing Partnership network expands the range of affordable places to live.
Beyond Diplomacy
Civil society organizations are dramatically changing how countries bring an end to violent political conflict.