Beyond ‘X Number Served’
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.
Innovative ways nonprofits can increase their reach and social impact (more)
To cure the social sector’s metric monomania, we must get comfortable with complexity.
By investing in a talent pipeline of diverse public interest technologists, government and philanthropy can advance equity, expand opportunity, and make democracy work for the people.
Recent rapid growth in climate philanthropy risks redundancy, waste, and friendly fire.
Four data-driven, inclusive human resource systems that can help quickly scaling nonprofits maintain their efficiency, values, and performance.
Mergers among nonprofits don’t have to be distress-oriented deals of survival. Rather, M&A can offer some compelling opportunities that are unique to nonprofits.
Tackling the world’s many problems does not require starting with large, ambitious proposals. Instead, we should begin with minimum viable consortia—small, agile initiatives that can learn and adapt as they grow.
John List’s The Voltage Effect offers advice for companies looking to hit it big, but does the endless pursuit of scale produce more harm than good?
Corporate, government, and civil society leaders can use the collective impact approach to address structural racism, restore communities, and design a multiracial democracy.
Why social impact organizations are acquiring mission-aligned nonprofits.
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.