Philanthropy & Funding

Wielding Philanthropic Power with Accountability

By Judy Belk

By speaking up about money and acknowledging the many choices they have, funders can more effectively channel their full spectrum of resources to achieve change.

How to Use Donor-Advised Funds to Make Impact Investments

By Ryan Macpherson, Sarah Kearney, & Emma Kulow 2

There’s a vast missed opportunity to use DAFs for making impact investments in support of market-based solutions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Land Rights Pose Opportunities, Not Just Risks, to Companies and Social Justice

By Chris Jochnick 2

By focusing on four critical aspects of land rights, businesses can not only manage risks, but also do a great deal of global good while strengthening their bottom lines.

How—and—Why to Listen Until Someone Feels Heard

By Dr. Adrienne Boissy 2

In fields as diverse as healthcare and social services, training employees in empathy translates into lower burnout, better outcomes, and economic benefits. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.

Three Ways Businesses Can Improve Their Women’s Economic Empowerment Programs

By Linda Midgley & Marissa Wesely 2

Corporate programs that focus on women’s economic empowerment need to incorporate women-centered, context-specific design and business-aligned measurement from the start.

Foundations

Diversifying Perspectives and Sharing Power at a Family Foundation

By Ruth Cummings & Sharon Alpert 1

Bringing non-family members, people with diverse perspectives, and professional advisors into decision-making can help family foundations take greater risks and bolder action toward their missions.

Business Models for Building Refugee Resilience

By Jessica Davis Pluess & Selena Victor 1

A new era of business collaboration is rising to address humanitarian crises, and the humanitarian sector can help bring these new models to scale.

How to Create Better Nonprofit Executive Teams

By Libbie Landles-Cobb, Henry Barmeier & Kirk Kramer 1

Only 19 percent of nonprofit executive team members strongly agree that their teams focus on the right work. To improve the performance of these vital groups, leaders should ask five critical questions.