Equity for Native American Communities: Using Mission Investments Alongside Grants
How building relationships with Native communities can lead to economic and culturally grounded social impact for the long term.
Social Issues - Articles
Impact Investing for Educational Progress
Investing in innovative entrepreneurs can make high-quality education and training more widely available, especially among poorly served racial and ethnic groups.
How to Make Wealth Building and Job Opportunities More Equitable
Alternative economic and social investment models that are properly supported by new public policy and investment could help the United States create more equitable access to jobs and wealth.
Podcast
Getting Local: Collaborating With Communities of Color
Leaders working on issues including public health, human rights, and economic development discuss how nonprofits can do better by treating the people they’re trying to help as partners, not patients.
How Universities Can Support Women-Led Entrepreneurship
By taking some simple steps to support women entrepreneurs, accelerator programs like those at the University of California, MIT, and University of San Diego can help reduce notable gender disparities in America's startup landscape.
Seven SSIR Articles on Women’s Equality and Empowerment
An International Women’s Day reading list featuring gender-focused articles on entrepreneurial spirit, resource accessibility, mental health, sexual misconduct prevention, and more.
Gender-Lens Investing Strategies for 2019
Four strategies that can help fuel the momentum behind investing in organizations, products, and services that benefit women.
Hippocratic Oath for a Digital World: Insights From SSIR’s 2019 Data on Purpose Conference
From emphasizing the importance of a data culture to exhorting people to "move thoughtfully and improve things," nonprofit leaders, funders, scholars, and technologists at SSIR's 2019 Data on Purpose Conference provided deep insights into surviving and thriving in an increasingly digital world.
Can Machine Learning Double Your Social Impact?
A look at what it takes to successfully deploy machine learning tools for social good and the most exciting opportunities ahead.
Living on the Edge
It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.