Keeping Score on Sustainable Grantmaking
How we developed a new benchmark to shift philanthropic norms
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Embedding Private Sector Innovations in Government Systems
As international aid to improve education outcomes declines, a new partnership model shows the key to success isn't external funding, it's strategic integration into existing public education systems.
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2025
Building collective capacity; AI's power for the greater good; grappling with systems collapse; lessons from collaborative philanthropy; and more.
There Is No Such Thing as Impact Investing
There is philanthropic investing, and there is commercial investing, and there is nothing in between.
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Putting Systems Change in Place
An excerpt from Connected to Place on applying systems change principles to place-based initiatives
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Building Trust Through Data Accountability
A values-driven, accountable approach to data isn't optional—it's essential.
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Community Data Is Trusted Evidence
Why our overreliance on dominant data is failing communities and how community data provides a solution.
Four Lessons From $4 Billion in Impact-focused Giving
The CEO of Coefficient Giving reflects on more than a decade of pursuing their distinct approach to philanthropy.
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The Urgent Need for Data Equity, Justice, and Sovereignty
Transforming civic data in the United States is essential to improve our collective health and well-being.
Global Health Philanthropy in the Post-Aid Era
Philanthropic capital can't fill the vacuum left by the collapse of international aid, but funders nevertheless need to move from caution to courage and accelerate their pace of giving.