Impact Accounting Has an Equity Problem
Is water in Sweden really 25 times more valuable than water in Mauritania?
Measurement & Evaluation - Most Popular
New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
Who Should Pay for ESG Infrastructure?
Foundations and nonprofits built the tools that companies now use for ESG reporting, brand credibility, and risk management. Is there a funding model for maintaining these tools so they remain credible, transparent, and financially viable?
The Most Good Must Be the Only Goal
Let us take clarity from destruction as we redevelop development.
Beyond the ‘Good Enough’ Charity
The next chapter for global development means learning from markets and building an accountability culture.
We Just Lost $54 Billion. Now What?
How humanitarian organizations can use cost evidence to survive global aid's "Great Depression" and scale what works to save more lives.
Assessing the Equitable Inclusion of Marginalized Workers
Four lessons from a Los Angeles hospital's effort to shift power to community health promoters.
Why Catalytic Capital Needs a Better Definition
The decline and fall of ESG offers a cautionary tale for social impact financing and highlights the need for the sector to sharpen its understanding of catalytic capital. A new definitional framework for catalytic capital can help drive clarity, measurement, and greater market participation.
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Data on Purpose 2025
AI technologies are reshaping society. SSIR brought together 20+ leaders to explore the intersections of AI with civil society, ethics, governance, the public sector, and more.
Grappling With Systems Collapse: How Social Sector Leaders Can Respond
The social sector needs new models for understanding what impact might be possible when the systems we operate in fall apart.
How to Measure Narrative Change
Organizations committed to social change through storytelling can use this four-part framework to design and evaluate their narrative strategies.