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New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively (more)
Making Compliance Work for Philanthropy
Funders need to identify, embrace, and ultimately demystify compliance, reclaiming it as a tool that enables, rather than impedes, philanthropy’s essential purpose.
Scale Is a Myth! Embrace the Long Defeat!
Why the ghost of Paul Farmer wants you scaring the horses at Skoll
Returning Yulića: Lessons From Land Rematriation
How funders, sellers, and intermediaries can better support Indigenous “land back” initiatives.
Does Everything in the Social Sector Need to Scale?
In a world that no longer behaves like a scalable system, success must be something other than growth.
Tolon’s World
One Kyrgyz entrepreneur had an ambitious vision for transforming his country into a vital, independent nation free from its Soviet past. He reverse-engineered that vision into a stepping-stone strategy that is already having enormous impact in Kyrgyzstan and beyond.
Beyond the Mega-Gift
For four years, small donations have declined across the nonprofit sector, threatening the future of social innovation. But with the right strategies, some organizations are bucking the trend and winning them back.
Standing With Immigrant Families
The San Francisco Bay Area mobilizes a regional response for crisis aid amid federal crackdowns on undocumented immigrants.
Grant Writing Is Infrastructure
Grant writing is the bridge between vision and resources. Until funders invest in it, grassroots organizations will remain underfunded.