A Medical School for Changemaking
How Amani Institute is building a skills-based and inclusive curriculum for changemaking in the developing world. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.
Philanthropy & Funding - Most Popular
New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively (more)
The Rise of the Corporate Social Investor
The strategic alignment between business and corporate foundations, impact funds, and accelerators shows enormous potential for achieving social impact. But they can align in different ways, each with its strengths and weaknesses. A feature story in the Summer 2020 issue.
The Supply and Demand of Charitable Giving
The relationship between donors and nonprofits is built on a complex interplay of motivations, activities, and circumstances. A research article in the Summer 2020 issue.
A Social Movement for Conservation
Because government action will always be dependent on public support, leading conservation organizations must focus on building a constituency for nature.
How Foundations Can Make Progress on Long-Term Social Change Amid the COVID-19 Crisis
Amid foundations' necessary and immediate responses to the COVID-19 crisis, there are unusual opportunities to advance their long-term goals of building more just and equitable societies.
How Funders Can Help Save an Economic Engine of the Developing World
The COVID-19 crisis is threatening small and growing businesses in low-income nations and the capacity development organizations (CDOs) they depend upon. Helping CDOs overcome three types of financial challenges is critical to responding to the current and coming economic devastation.
How One National Nonprofit Is Adapting to COVID-19
Lessons learned at Friends of the Children about maintaining stability in service during this crisis and the next one.
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.
Three Things Nonprofits Should Prioritize in the Wake of COVID-19
Why organizations need to examine their social impact, economic viability, and capacity to deliver in order to remain relevant and viable both now and into the future.
Philanthropy and the Future of Local News
How foundations, journalists, and community organizers in New Jersey passed the nation’s first civic information bill.