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Trump: A Potential, and Peculiar, Source of Impact?
How an infrastructure imperative and tax overhaul could unlock capital for social and environmental impact.
Getting More Than You Pay For With Pay-For-Success
In laying the groundwork for stronger cross-sector collaboration and outcomes-focused approaches, pay-for-success projects in Silicon Valley are reaping benefits far beyond the success they’ve agreed to invest in.
From Family Data to Neighborhood Outcomes
By offering better early support for struggling families, child welfare services can reduce the need for more serious interventions down the line and improve the wellbeing of whole neighborhoods.
Structuring Innovation in the Next Administration
Faced with a potentially dramatic shift in federal policy, how can policymakers, civic tech leaders, philanthropists, and social innovators reshape their approach to innovation, technology, and data so that the US government is more responsive and connected to the people?
A Letter to the President-Elect
How the next administration can improve global security and advance American interests by strengthening its support for social innovation in global health and development.
Advocating and Giving During the Trump Administration: Five History Lessons for the Social Sector
As funders, providers, and advocates pivot to face a dramatically different funding and political environment, some lessons from history may be instructive.
The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.
A Question of Outcomes
For more and more social change efforts, the key to success lies in clearly defining the desired results for beneficiaries.
The Subsidy Solution
Contrary to conventional economic wisdom, relying solely on carbon taxes will not create an optimal transition to clean energy.