French Law Revisits Corporate Purpose
A new French law is about to revamp the country’s civil code and its 200-year-old definition of the corporate purpose.
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The Hidden Costs of Public Contracting
Nonprofits need a strategy to ensure that public dollars don’t put them in the red.
Land Rights Pose Opportunities, Not Just Risks, to Companies and Social Justice
By focusing on four critical aspects of land rights, businesses can not only manage risks, but also do a great deal of global good while strengthening their bottom lines.
Going Local 2.0: How to Reform Development Agencies to Make Localized Aid More Than Talk
Global aid agencies must shift from just agreeing to “go local” to preparing development experts for the task.
Sustaining Collaborative Action
As more cross-sector collaborations gain traction, we must understand what it takes to keep them running over the long term and ensure that progress continues despite changes in leadership.
The Johnson Amendment: Fact-checking the Narrative
There is more to the story of the Johnson Amendment than is generally being presented to the nonprofit community.
Civil Society and the Foundations of Democratic Citizenship
Civil society can act directly to solve critical problems, but its indirect effect might be just as important: allowing individuals to participate, collaborate, and—in the process—develop into citizens capable of upholding democracy.
Does the Tax Code Define Civil Society or Vice Versa?
Civil society wasn’t invented by the tax code, but changes in the law can have serious, if unintended, consequences on the public good. Nothing is final, however; with change comes new opportunity.
The American Context of Civil Society
In both the conservative and progressive imagination, civil society is valued—for opposite reasons—as an arbiter between the individual and the national state. But by viewing civil society as the core of America’s social life, we can see our way toward a politics that might overcome some of the dysfunctions of our day.
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.