Sales and Social Enterprise Aren’t Mutually Exclusive
To market to the base of pyramid, we need to stop thinking of selling as a dark art.
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Shared Gifting: Shifting Funding Power to Nonprofits
When nonprofits dole out grant money to peers, the result is a transformative experience that fosters innovation, collaboration, and learning.
Hiring Incentives Won’t Solve America’s Talent Problem
Policymakers need new interventions to help companies change the way they source talent.
Putting Community First
Community foundations should reaffirm their unique role in the philanthropic landscape and focus on the needs of their geographic community.
The Charity That Big Tech Built
The Silicon Valley Community Foundation has grown to become one of the world’s most well-funded foundations. But who in the Valley benefits from this largesse?
Do Benefit Corporations Respect Human Rights?
The B Corp movement has pushed a powerful model of socially responsible business that has the potential to advance human rights. But it has so far failed to engage human rights advocates—to its detriment.
The Promise of Skills-Based Volunteering
One of the fastest-growing corporate citizenship programs is skills-based volunteering—in which a team of corporate employees works for an extended period of time to help a nonprofit solve a complex operational problem.
Rethinking Lunchtime
New legislation around the United States aims to combat the widespread practice of shaming students who cannot pay for school lunch.
US States Embrace Baby Boxes
Several states are adopting the Finnish practice of distributing “baby boxes” to expectant parents—and taking the opportunity to also educate families about safe sleep for infants.
Marginalized Returns
Impact investing has been seduced by a false narrative of combining social impact with financial gains.