Getting Beyond Hype: Four Questions to Predict Real Impact

By Kevin Starr 9

A simple way to think about investment and design.

Crickets Going Quiet: Questions of Evolution and Scale

By Giulio Quaggiotto & Milica Begovic Radojevic 4

Can new insights from biology help us reimagine what and how organizations scale up?

Fifty Shades of Sharing. Or at Least Two.

By Daniel Ben-Horin 10

Understanding the division within the sharing economy is an essential step toward engaging the values-driven segment of that economy with our social change missions.

Disrupting the Textbook Status Quo

By Rachel Leifer & Denis Udall

Philanthropy can help educators find, create, and demand better options for students.

Health

Jobs for Better Health

By Nicolas Hazard

Helping those excluded from the labor market reach their full potential will have a huge effect on health care and the economy.

Adopting the London Principles

By Ming Wong & Philo Alto 1

A new report shows how innovative impact investing policies are helping Hong Kong tackle its social problems.

Social Enterprises: Serving “Extreme” Customers

By Mollie West & Andy Posner 3

Mainstream companies are just starting to pay attention to consumers with nonstandard preferences and needs; social enterprises have sought to serve these customers for years.

Business

The Rockefeller Foundation’s Hand in Hobby Lobby

By Maribel Morey 6

The Supreme Court’s reasoning and decision in Hobby Lobby should make the foundation reflect on the relative wisdom of its initiative to blend the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.

Making a Graceful Exit

By David La Piana 2

Recommendations for foundations seeking to exit a program area or close down responsibly.