Government Can Do Better for Charity
By treating government as a potential partner, nonprofits can find ways to put its resources to productive use.
Collaboration - Articles
Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
Podcast
Tim Williamson - Fostering Entrepreneurship in New Orleans
The Idea Village was launched in New Orleans by "five guys who wanted to change the world." The more modest goal of these entrepreneurs was to revitalize the city economically—a mission that became especially important when Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. In this audio lecture, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Tim Williamson shares how his nonprofit has been helping rebuild the devastated city economically, and the progress inspired through a powerful network of talented individuals.
Investment Needed in Nonprofit Policy Work
A Johns Hopkins report recommends that nonprofits get more involved in advocacy.
Habit Creation, Consumers, and Charity
Consumer companies and philanthropies, unite!
Podcast
Networked Governance - Multilateral Institutions of the Future
As global leadership evolves from siloed hierarchies to multilateral approaches, networked governance has important potential and faces significant challenges. In this panel discussion, panelists, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ashraf Ghani, Ambassador John Bruton, Ambassador Harriet Babbitt, and Sir Ian Forbes, address the factors, from the practical to the philosophical, at play.
The BOP Beckons
Why grassroots design will determine the winners in developing markets.
Praise the Lord, but Dim the Lights
The Regeneration Project helps the environmental movement get religion.
The Greening of Wal-Mart
For much of its history, Wal-Mart’s corporate management team toiled inside its “Bentonville Bubble,” narrowly focused on operational efficiency, growth, and profits. But now the world's largest retailer has widened its sights, building networks of employees, nonprofits, government agencies, and suppliers to “green” its supply chains. Here's how and why the world’s largest retailer is using a network approach to decrease its environmental footprint – and to increase its profitability.
The Funding Gap
Social enterprises combine the best of the nonprofit and for-profit worlds, but that very innovation has made it difficult for them to raise money. Philanthropists are reluctant to give grants to profit-making organizations, and commercial investors are wary of investing in organizations that are driven by a social mission. The authors explore the social enterprise capital market and offer short- and long-term solutions to this funding gap.
15 Minutes with Vicky Colbert
SSIR Managing Editor Eric Nee spoke with Escuela Nueva’s president Vicky Colbert about her efforts to change the way children are educated.