Bursaries for Girls

By Alicia Clegg

The relatively simple act of providing African girls with the money they need to stay in school has achieved significant results.

Philanthropub Story

By SSIR Editors

Supplements to the article “Cause for Reflection.”

Cause for Reflection

By Michael Cobb, Caitlin Rosser, & Andreas Vailakis, with Robert Tomasko 2

The story of Cause, a “philanthropub” that closed 14 months after it opened, offers vital lessons for aspiring social entrepreneurs. Includes magazine extras.

Grassroots Power

By SSIR Editors

Supplement to the article “Empowering Women at the Grassroots.”

Empowering Women at the Grassroots

By Marissa Wesely & Dina Dublon 17

In many parts of the world, corporations today are cultivating partnerships with locally rooted organizations that promote a multi-faceted approach to women’s empowerment. Includes magazine extras.

Disruption for Good

By Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 4

Rapid advances in technology are changing philanthropy in fundamental ways—making it potentially more rational, effective, collaborative, transparent, and democratic.

Co-Creation in Government

By Francis Gouillart & Tina Hallett 1

Bringing innovation to the public sector is famously difficult. But efforts that open up the public sector value chain to multiple stakeholders can deliver impressive results.

Using Economic Forces to Conserve Nature

By John Reid, Aaron Bruner, & Alfonso Malky 3

Conservationists are devising new ways to strategically use financial incentives—such as conservation easements—to preserve nature.

The Embedded Enterprise

By Ted Ladd 1

To reach base-of-the-pyramid markets, entrepreneurs need to align their business models with customers’ lives.

Adventures in Adaptation

By Anne B. Stanton & Alison Powell

One funder’s willingness to shift course strategically has been crucial to sustaining a decade-long education initiative.