A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
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Mobilize Communities for Homeless Vets
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development turbocharged community efforts to end homelessness among veterans and provided a model for better government.
The Art of the Development Deal
The Trump administration can use foreign aid to further American interests and improve the lives of people around the world.
A Limited Right of Association
Not every group could gain corporate rights in de Tocqueville’s America.
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The Critical Role of Traditional Knowledge in Social Innovation
To build a brighter future for Canada, we need to learn from Indigenous communities and develop a new language of mutual understanding.
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Crowdsourcing Refugee Resettlement
Canada’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees program offers an effective model for how to engage entire communities in welcoming newcomers.
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Building a Canadian Social Finance Fund
Government and its partners can achieve transformative change by taking a big leap.
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The Progressive Resurgence of Federalism
With a US federal government divided and unable to address key social problems, state and local government leaders have a critical role to play in fostering local social innovation.
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Profile: Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf
Libby Schaaf’s career—first as an attorney, then running a nonprofit, and now as mayor of Oakland—is the journey of a cross-sector leader.
Globalizing Philanthropy
At a time of rising nationalism and cutbacks in foreign aid in countries around the world, philanthropists play a critical role, not just in providing money, but in fostering cooperation and goodwill between people and nations.