Eliminating Implicit Bias in Grantmaking Practice
Some of philanthropy’s core practices may unwittingly be leading funders to perpetuate the inequities they’re trying to eliminate.
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Rethinking Business Plan Competitions
Examining the pitfalls and potential of social business plan competitions, and how educators can redesign them for greater impact.
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.
Leadership Development: Aligning Funders’ Good Intentions with Nonprofits’ Real Needs
The time is right for funders to reconsider how they can make the most of the dollars they invest in grantee leadership development, but they must start by better understanding the leadership challenges nonprofits face.
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.
Two Countries, One Vision
From fraternity houses in the American Midwest to villages in rural India, Breakthrough is experimenting with novel approaches to reducing violence against women and girls.
Fellowship for Change
A network sponsored by the Aspen Institute is enabling corporate social intrapreneurs to become less lonely—and more effective.