Beware the Perfectly Average Nonprofit
Typical capacity building focuses on fixing nonprofits' weaknesses. It instead should start with the premise that every organization has core strengths on which it can build.
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Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively (more)
Reframing Human Services for Greater Impact
To realize the full value of human services community-based organizations, we need to change both the narrative around what they do and the structures for funding them, stressing shared values and a commitment to outcomes.
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Values-Based Philanthropy
A conversation about strategies for philanthropists to harness the values that will guide their giving, featuring SSIR's publisher Michael Voss; Jodi Morris, founder of Connecting Growth Globally; and Eddie Brown, national managing director and head of Schwab Advisor Family Office. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
SSIR Guide to Influencing Public Policy
A list of SSIR articles to help nonprofits, advocates, and other civil society organizations build support for addressing the social issues brought to the fore by the 2020 US presidential election cycle.
Getting the Numbers That Matter for Public Policy
Unregistered births and deaths and other failures to officially document people's lives have compromised public policy around the world. Governments, nonprofits, public health groups, and other organizations that play a critical role in civil registration and vital statistics can start improving their efforts with these six insights.
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Storytelling and Social Change
How do stories work to expand and accelerate impact? A roundtable discussion between four storytellers and leaders of change on narrative's power to reach and inspire new audiences.
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The Risk and Rewards of Mergers as a Nonprofit Growth Strategy
For nonprofits that want to grow more than incrementally, mergers present a big opportunity—and big risk.
On Becoming a Better Tech Funder
Tech philanthropy is booming, but it doesn’t think nearly enough about the needs of the organizations it hopes to help. Here’s a roundup of best practices and resources that can help tech firms move fast and fix how they fund nonprofits.
Lessons From the Front Line for Nonprofit CEO Successions
Boards typically aren’t prepared to replace their chief executive. But new research shows this doesn’t have to be the case.
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Donor-Advised Funds and Community Foundations: What’s Right, What’s Missing, and What’s Next
A conversation on thoughtfully and effectively deploying philanthropic resources with Nicole Taylor, president and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation; Kim Laughton, president of Schwab Charitable; and Michael Voss, publisher of SSIR. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.