Actionable Measurement: Getting from “Prove” to “Improve”
There’s a set of common questions every direct-service nonprofit should answer to maximize learning, action, and impact.
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Five Myths that Perpetuate Burnout Across Nonprofits
There is a pervasive fear in the nonprofit field that focusing inwardly—on our staff, our leadership, even our own salaries—will take away from achieving our organizational missions. That needs to change.
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Book Launch of “Philanthropy in Democratic Societies”
Stanford's Lucy Bernholz, Paul Brest, Woody Powell, and Rob Reich, along with Leif Wenar of King's College London, discuss their new volume of essays.
Catalytic Collaboration
Path-breaking organizations, working together in a new way, might just transform the nonprofit sector.
Bridging the Divide Between Nonprofits and Philanthropy in Silicon Valley
Why are Silicon Valley’s new philanthropists and community-based organizations struggling to connect?
Caring for an Aging Population
Ideas to help address the challenges of providing better care to low-income elders.
Many Ways to Many
A brief compendium of networked learning methods.
A New Financial Reporting Model for Social Enterprises
Treating philanthropic grants as revenue can hurt social enterprises’ performance.
Nonprofit Mergers: The Missing Ingredient
The secret to the sauce is hidden in plain sight.
Philanthropy and the Growth of Charter Schools
What is the right role for private funders in the US education system?