Harvesting Lessons
A social enterprise that served farmers in Kenya had to close down, but it yielded a healthy crop of insights about failure.
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A Checkup on PRIs
For one leading health funder, program-related investments promise to help underserved populations.
Pro Bono Goes Global
Some big law firms are venturing into developing regions to offer voluntary services and to advance the rule of law.
The Tactics of Trust
Participants in a large, complex collaboration can build a capacity for finding common ground—and it doesn’t have to take years.
Competing Principles
Race to the Top, a $4 billion US education reform effort, produced valuable lessons on designing a competition-based program.
Foreign Disentanglement
To counter restrictions on NGO activity, local groups need to reduce their dependence on international financial support.
The Gift of Time
Careful product design enabled Days for Girls to create a solution that empowers its users at a critical stage of their lives. Includes magazine extras.
Lifting Up Day Labor
A social enterprise called In Every Story brings better pay—and a spirit of empathy—to a highly marginalized workforce.
Alignment Is Not a Luxury
To pursue its environmental mission, Tiffany & Co. balances corporate leadership with traditional philanthropic grantmaking.
Zone of Impact
A school-based collective impact project in West Dallas, Texas, is yielding lessons on how to compile and use big data.