A Movement Without Letters
How funders can listen better, step back, and walk alongside grassroots leadership.
Solutions - Articles
Walking a Different Kind of Grantmaker Walk
By actively moving into the roles of advocate and partner for grantees, grantmakers can cultivate trusting, transparent relationships that ultimately translate into social impact.
Podcast
Thriving in an Age of Volatility
In times of profound turmoil, how can organizations become more resilient and adaptive? A talk from our 2015 Nonprofit Management Institute.
How Agribusiness Can Avoid the Mistakes of Clean Tech
Promising practices for corporates, investors, and entrepreneurs to drive long-term innovation and avoid an investment bust.
Four Ways to Bridge the Grantee-Grantmaker Power Gap in Collective Impact
As grassroots and “grass-tops” groups come together to create collective impact, funders have the power to foster truly authentic engagement and co-ownership among all.
What’s Holding Back Entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa?
To develop an ecosystem that is more friendly to entrepreneurship in the MENA region, we need to invest more in human capital.
Four Dating Tips to Sustain Strong Grantmaker-Grantee Relationships
Relationships take work—and those between grantees and grantmakers are no exception.
A Permanent Path Out of Poverty for Small-Scale Farmers
We need more risk-takers and innovators who can offer end-to-end support to smallholder farmers facing climate vulnerabilities and other challenges.
Broadening the Evidence Base Without “Defining Evidence Down”
The social sector must focus on building a rigorous knowledge base that is broad enough to lead to large-scale, breakthrough efforts.
Ask Questions, First to Learn but Then to Act
Now, more than ever, grantmakers are asking questions and working to learn with and from their grantees, but the lessons matter only if they inform future action.