When Compliance Aims to Silence

By Tania Dávila Paredes

A look at the motivations behind and impact of a new law limiting nonprofit fundraising in Ecuador, and how civil society organizations are coming together to reclaim their agency.

After the Big Bet

By Matthew Forti & Claire McGuinness

Four funding pathways doers are pursuing to sustain resources and impact following the big bet.

Funding the Invisible

By Martha Lackritz-Peltier

How nonprofits in countries with conflict and closing civil spaces are doubly penalized in the funding world, and 10 ways funders can better serve them.

Build the Market First, Then Fund Innovation

By Ariel Kalil & Susan Mayer 2

Scaling proven solutions to the early childhood skills gap requires building a market for parenting interventions.

The Pay-It-Forward Threshold

By Florentin Koch

What does it take for a nonprofit to grow without external support?

Making Compliance Work for Philanthropy

By Martha Lackritz-Peltier

Funders need to identify, embrace, and ultimately demystify compliance, reclaiming it as a tool that enables, rather than impedes, philanthropy’s essential purpose.

Scale Is a Myth! Embrace the Long Defeat!

By Zack Petersen 5

Why the ghost of Paul Farmer wants you scaring the horses at Skoll

Why SSIR Is Changing Our Paywall

By Bryan Maygers

We need reader support to sustain our mission.

Organizational Development

Autonomy, Culture, and the Voice of Silence

By Ritu Tripathi 1

Why silence, obligation, and dissent mean different things across cultures, and what leaders get wrong when they assume voice is universal.