Replicating Parts, not the Whole, to Scale
Rather than replicating “one-size-fits-all” solutions across different settings, international development innovators need to identify the core aspects they can effectively and efficiently scale up.
Sectors - Articles
Foundation-Owned Social Enterprises: A New Way Forward?
A novel impact investment model can help social enterprises and foundations generate a high social return on investment.
Assessing Nonprofit Risk in PFS Deals
A framework to guide nonprofits in effectively assessing risk and opportunity in Pay for Success contracts.
Strategic Networking and Effective Leadership
Why strategic networking matters, and three ways to encourage new managers and other emerging leaders to do it.
Philanthropy, the Post-2015 Agenda, and Diffuse Collaboration
In joining the push for meaningful Sustainable Development Goals, foundations need to prepare for a long-term give-and-take approach.
The Next Great Frontier of Impact Investing
A framework to make impact investing appealing to institutional investors and accessible to international nonprofits.
Podcast
Shared Measurement and Big Data for Good
Traditional tools for evaluation and measurement fail to take into account the complexity of an interconnected and digitized world.
Social Good = Scale x Impact (Who Knew?)
Why both nonprofits and academics should focus on scale and impact in this simple formula for good.
Empathetic Donor-Doer Engagement
A seven-part framework for increasing empathy between foundations and grantees.
Moving Toward Multi-Dimensional Democracy
If the Hewlett Foundation’s Madison Initiative wants to strengthen American democracy, it needs to adopt a more multi-layered democratic theory.