SSIR Online, Winter 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about strategic philanthropy, strengthening global democracy, crisis planning, and nonprofits leveraging AI innovations
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively (more)
A collection of standout pieces published online about strategic philanthropy, strengthening global democracy, crisis planning, and nonprofits leveraging AI innovations
A budding success story in East Texas offers lessons for other underserved rural regions, philanthropies interested in rural revitalization, and CDFIs pursuing pathways to better engage and serve rural communities.
There are many reasons why philanthropists still haven’t supported SMEs at the scale we need. They need to get over it; the opportunity to leverage impact is enormous.
From experimentation to redesign to optimization, the interconnected processes by which systems are changed require distinct forms of funding.
Individual vs. institutional donors is a fundamental distinction in philanthropy and fundraising. But what if the line is not as clear-cut as we assume?
Three ways funders can have impact on a problem that is critical to closing the racial wealth gap.
Without mechanisms for incorporating disconfirming evidence, grantmakers miss the opportunity for greater impact.