The Trouble with Winning
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
Foundations - Most Popular
New and innovative ideas for leaders of foundations (more)
High Stakes Donor Collaborations
Pioneering groups of foundations and philanthropists have pooled their talent and resources to help solve social sector problems too big for any one to tackle alone.
Assessing Advocacy
Grantmakers can use a quantitative framework to help them decide which advocacy programs to invest in, and advocacy organizations can use it to determine which approaches might be most effective.
Indexing Nonprofits
Donors want their money to be spent wisely, but knowing where to give can be difficult.
Improving Household Balance Sheets
The Citi Foundation shifts its grantmaking operations to offer hands-on financial training.
Unifying Europe
The nonprofit Erste Foundation is an engine behind the for-profit Erste Group as well as its largest shareholder.
Global Issues
Democracy and Philanthropy
How private giving can contribute to the needs of American democracy.
How Leading Philanthropists Fail Well
Five insights from results-oriented philanthropists on how to reap the benefits of failure.
Next Gen Donors and Their Plan for Greater Impact
A first-of-its-kind national study shows that Gen X and Millennial major donors aim to revamp philanthropic strategy and take risks on new tools.
The State of Diversity
As Obama addresses the most diverse Congress in history, a look at the state of diversity in the union of philanthropy.