What If Funders Really Acted Like Purchasers?

By Paul Park 3

The funder-as-purchaser model offers new frameworks to spur new thinking and advancements in the nonprofit sector.

Just Give ’Em the Money: The Power and Pleasure of Unrestricted Funding

By Kevin Starr 72

Unrestricted money makes an organization work smoothly, enables innovation, and provides fuel for growth.

Bringing Philanthropy into the 21st Century

By Andrew Bangser 1

The growth of the Internet opens new avenues for collaboration between foundations and nonprofits, but it's a changing landscape.

We Should Expect Good Giving To Be Hard

By Holden Karnofsky

Great giving opportunities are few and far between; I believe in urging them to give to only the very best charities.

Surdna CEO on Philanthropic Isolation

By Aaron Hurst 6

An interview with Phillip Henderson about the challenges he faces as the president of the Surdna Foundation.

Funders Aren’t Investors, They’re Purchasers

By Paul Park 12

Is it accurate or even appropriate for funders to think of themselves as—and act like—investors?

Playing Games and Getting Results

By Mayur Patel 2

A game development initiative brings individuals together to achieve real-world social change.

Large Foundations Dropping the Ball on Government Programs

By Sean Stannard-Stockton

The Pay For Success program and Social Innovation Fund are examples of the government turning to philanthropy for help selecting the effective programs.

Open Philanthropy

By Lucy Bernholz 2

We need to bring foundations—and their vast repositories of information on who is doing what in the social economy—out into the open.

The Key to Capacity Building Is Funding Long-Term Health Not Short-Term Workouts

By John Brothers 10

Philanthropists: Rather than making periodic grants that focus on capacity building, embed capacity-building funding into each and every grant you make.