Do No Evil

By Suzie Boss 6

Google DotOrg launched in 2004 with bold ambitions and almost $1 billion in seed funding. But the results have been less than stellar.

Shared Services Alliances: Part 3

By Jean Butzen

Early Learning Ventures Alliances is a community-based partnership model allows small early care providers to share costs and deliver services efficiently.

Youth Ideas: A Rich Resource

By Reeta Roy 2

The energy, imagination and participation of youth is critical to overcoming global challenges.

Measuring Social Value

By Geoff Mulgan 7

Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.

SocialSquared: Productive Gaming on Facebook

By Scott E. Hartley 2

SocialSquared games, if done well, could be tremendously powerful.

A Straw-Man Plan for Doing Good Better

By Mario Morino

How to make a cultural shift that leads better outcomes.

Matching Human Capital with Financial Capital Will Make SIF’s Millions Go Farther

By James Weinberg

Human capital can either be an unanticipated barrier to success or an effective catalyst for achieving it.

New Florida Legislation: A Slap in the Face to Nonprofit Diversity Advocates

By Rosetta Thurman 2

The philanthropic community has no public opposition to a new, ill-advised piece of legislation.

The Meaning of the Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge

By Sean Stannard-Stockton 1

The importance of this news is not the actual money that many billionaires are likely to pledge, but the cultural ramifications of the campaign.

Working Wikily

By Diana Scearce, Gabriel Kasper, & Heather McLeod Grant 4

A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.