Social Innovation in Washington, D.C.
A look at what’s needed next to create the right policy environment for innovation and results.
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Achieving Sustainability Through Integrated Reporting
Integrated reporting—the combination of a company’s financial and nonfinancial performance in one document—is a crucial step to creating a more sustainable society.
Nonprofits
The Elusive Craft of Evaluating Advocacy
There are unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and make strategic investments in that arena.
Community Foundation Speaks Out Against Government Funding Cuts to Nonprofits
One foundation leader is demonstrating what a community foundation can do to defend nonprofits in their area from state budget cuts.
New Rules for a New Social Economy
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. The FEC is a harbinger of great change for the social sector.
Letting Go
Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.
Republican Focus on Planned Parenthood: A 25-Year Trend of Partisan Action
In the excitement of the budget negotiations, a nonprofit organization was again thrust into the national spotlight.
ACORN, NPR, Planned Parenthood, and the Sector’s Challenges in Protecting Itself
There should be greater concern over who is protecting nonprofits that find themselves in situations like that of NPR, which recently lost its federal funding.
2012 Budget May Reflect President Obama’s Attempt to Reconcile His Nonprofit Sector History
The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.
US-China Relations: Leadership Lessons on Confrontation and Dialogue from Nonprofits
Investing in leadership development represents a prerequisite to a new US foreign policy that is more in accord with today’s unstable and volatile times.