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Seven SSIR Articles on Women’s Equality and Empowerment

An International Women’s Day reading list featuring gender-focused articles on entrepreneurial spirit, resource accessibility, mental health, sexual misconduct prevention, and more.

Three Ways to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Philanthropy

By Brittany Boettcher & Kathleen Kelly Janus 1

If funders want to improve DEI in their organizations, they need to re-define risk, emphasize trust, and reflect the communities they serve.

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Dismantling Invisible Barriers to Capital

Featuring Kathleen Kelly Janus, Cheryl Dorsey, Pia Infante & Robert Ross

Nonprofit and philanthropic leaders discuss tools and strategies to help address systemic barriers to investment, power, and voice in the sector.

Hippocratic Oath for a Digital World: Insights From SSIR’s 2019 Data on Purpose Conference

By Eden Stiffman & M. Amedeo Tumolillo

From emphasizing the importance of a data culture to exhorting people to "move thoughtfully and improve things," nonprofit leaders, funders, scholars, and technologists at SSIR's 2019 Data on Purpose Conference provided deep insights into surviving and thriving in an increasingly digital world.

Living on the Edge

By Eric Nee

It’s time for socially responsible business leaders to pay higher wages and offer better benefits.

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Renewing Common Purpose and Collective Action

By Kathy Calvin

The president and CEO of the United Nations Foundation reflects on the power of philanthropic collaboration.

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Doing More With Big Bets

By Barbara Picower 2

The president and chair of the board of directors of the JPB Foundation describes what the organization learned from a hub and network approach to big-bet philanthropy.

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From Promising Model to Major Investment

By Nancy Roob & Mark Edwards

The head of Blue Meridian Partners and the cofounder of Upstream USA discuss their partnership in using a big bet to transform women’s healthcare nationwide.