The Charity Trap

By Matthew Scharpnick 11

Why a recent exposé on Red Cross failures in Haiti highlights unrealistic expectations for social sector organizations.

Working in the Dark

By Ken Davenport 5

The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.

Cultivating and Sustaining Generative Teams

By Margaret A. Hawthorne 1

Four practices that can help people establish common intent; sense emerging needs and solutions; and collectively prototype, create, and evolve innovative health models and relationships.

Four Learning Principles for the Social Sector

By Alexander Saint-Amand 1

Creative solutions to common learning challenges that social innovators face.

Health Services and Designing for Uncertainty

By Onil Bhattacharyya, Leigh Hayden, & Jennifer Hensel

How a “lean startup” approach can help create an effective community-based program.

Taking the Pulse of Investment in Social Enterprise

By Aline Margaux Wachner, Tim Weiss, & Lisa Marie Hanley 1

A recent survey highlights the important role of social enterprise in poverty alleviation.

Impact Investing and a 200-year-old Debate

By Adam Rein

Three strategies investors can use to create impactful outcomes at scale.

Health

Emerging Tools for Community-Driven Evaluations

By Deepthi Welaratna 2

Eight tools for building inclusive, community programs to address health and other social issues.

Community Collaboratives Show Persistence and Progress

By Willa Seldon, Meera Chary, & Bradley Seeman 1

Local US collaboratives are adapting and evolving for long-term success.

Are Nonprofits Getting in the Way of Social Change?

By Paul Klein 24

Solving major social problems is now possible, but not unless the organizations that have been most responsible for making a difference change significantly.