The Fight to End Cash Bail
The Bail Project began as a simple idea by Bronx public defenders to set up a fund to protect their clients from the ravages of an unfair system. Now their advocacy is part of a vanguard to overhaul US criminal justice.
Solutions - Articles
The Crisis of Youth Mental Health
Children and adolescents confront a mental health treatment gap in which many who need help do not get it. Philanthropy can help fill this gap by investing in new models of delivering care.
Communities Need Neighborhood Trusts
The current approach to community revitalization has helped arrest and even reverse the degradation of American neighborhoods. But it cannot solve the problem without local ownership and control of assets and the decommodification of property.
Equitable Big Bets for Marginalized Communities
For real systems change, philanthropy must make greater investments in organizations led by the communities most affected by injustice.
The Paradox of Socially Responsible Investing
Funds that invest in social goals inevitably confront tensions with the goal of making money.
Review
Social Insecurity
Katherine Newman’s Downhill From Here challenges current economic thinking by arguing that the crisis in retirement security is caused by a flawed system, not flawed humans.
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Managing for Ambiguity
Sustainable enterprise is increasingly relying on artful thinking and Eastern philosophy to innovate Western business models for global practice.
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Creating a Vibrant Social Innovation Ecosystem
Nurturing current and future leaders and improving governance in Singapore is transforming the entire business community and their collective social responsibility.
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Introduction to Unleashing Philanthropy’s Big Bets for Social Change
This supplement brings together the latest thinking about how big-bet philanthropy is changing the ways that the nonprofit sector is working to address major social problems.
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Becoming Big Bettable
Social change leaders can create more investment opportunities that can transform the world by following these guidelines.