Building Your Individual Donor Base

By Heather Yandow 9

A recent study reveals opportunities for small nonprofits to strengthen individual donor contributions.

Q&A with Lois Loofbourrow

By Michael D. Smith

The founder of education nonprofit Breakthrough Collaborative shares her scaling wisdom.

Q&A with Bob Giannino

By Michael D. Smith

The founder of uAspire shares lessons on successfully scaling a nonprofit.

A New Approach to Fighting Modern Slavery

By Nick Grono 2

A new effort to eradicate slavery is showing success—and may provide a model for other complex human rights and social justice issues.

Are You David, Not Goliath?

By Carly Pippin 2

Small- and medium-size organizations can assess impact too.

Reconciling the Supply & Demand of Good Intentions

By John Cary 16

Why we must strike a balance between high-volume and high-touch service programs.

Is Something Better than Nothing?

By Cezar Neaga, Claudia Valladares, & Christoph Birkholz 9

Mission-driven organizations would do well to remember that they become the company they keep, and to take care in choosing the right collaborators.

Philanthropy

Investing in Leadership to Accelerate Philanthropic Impact

By Ira Hirschfield 14

Why some foundations are making leadership development a core part of their grantmaking strategy.

Tackling a Looming Fiscal Cliff Head-On

By Lynsey Wood Jeffries 4

Six lessons from the field.

World Literature on Social Innovation: A Quest

By Roshan Paul 5

A new book makes an important contribution to a field screaming out for diversity—but may also illustrate why there isn’t more diversity.