How AI Disclosures Disconnect
Seeing an AI disclosure on a social post leads users to disengage, because they feel the creator spent less effort on making it.
Solutions - Articles
Nonprofit Mergers Need More Than Mission Alignment
What two mergers taught us about the necessary conditions and hard truths that come after "yes."
If You Want to Teach Social Innovation, Teach Power
Lessons from Wesleyan on entrepreneurial education
Resourcing Appalachian Resilience After Helene
Appalachia's trust-based recovery from climate disaster offers a vision of the future and a road map to follow, for anywhere in the world where underdeveloped infrastructure is exposed to climate volatility.
Beyond Unicorns
How impact investing should redefine success
The Future of the Performing Arts Depends on Strategic Partnerships
As the industry and its financial model become increasingly precarious, a reimagining of how performing arts organizations can operate more efficiently is critical for survival.
The Charitable Deduction and Its Discontents
Due to regulatory complexity, the charitable deduction has become a mirage. Only through careful planning can donors optimize their giving.
Scale Doesn’t Belong (Only) to Government
Choosing the right path to scale depends on the nature of the problem we're trying to solve.
SSIR Online, Fall 2026 Issue
What SSIR readers are saying about articles on billionaires and their philanthropy.
Donor Retention Requires Transformation
To solve the nonprofit sector's donor retention crisis, we need to look past tactics and superficial reform: We need to transform philanthropy to make philanthropy truly transformative.