Scaling Nonprofit Impact Through Consulting

By Jen Hughes, Renée Martin & Will von Geldern

Six strategies for nonprofits looking to generate earned revenue and scale their social impact through consulting.

The Next Big Thing for Pay-as-You-Go

By Jessica Alderman 1

Strategies for cross-sectoral partnership in reaching consumers in emerging markets through pay-as-you-go business models.

Clarifying Community Benefits to Improve Place-Based Programs

By Erin I. Castellas, Darren Brusnahan, Courtney Cardin & Mitra Anderson-Oliver 1

Place-based development incentive programs like Opportunity Zones in the United States and Enterprise Precincts in Australia need a robust framework to meaningfully identify and measure public benefits and the delivery of them. The Net Community Benefit Methodology can help.

The Downside of Social Impact Bonds

By Nadine Pequeneza 11

After more than three years researching social impact bonds, a filmmaker argues we need to consider the ways they might be doing more harm than good.

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Strategy Done Wrong

By Phil Buchanan 1

An excerpt of Giving Done Right details the death of top-down philanthropy.

Women and the Future of Work

By Marissa Wesely & Linda Midgley

The strategies companies and policy makers are designing to address the changing nature of work need to include a gender lens if they are to help foster the economic empowerment of women.

Three Cheers for Regulation

By Eric Nee

During the Industrial Revolution, labor organizations, social movements, the media, and government came together to rein in big business, providing lessons on how to regulate firms of today like Facebook, Amazon, and Google, writes SSIR's editor-in-chief in an introduction to the Summer 2019 issue.

New Alliances for Human Rights

By Pablo Medina Uribe

PROVEA is spreading the word about Venezuela’s political and economic crisis while building alliances in neighboring countries. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.

Fail-Safe Keeping of Personal Records

By Sarah Baird

The MyPass Austin project aims to help people experiencing homelessness by using blockchain technology to secure their personal documents. From the What's Next department of the Summer 2019 issue.

Queer Activism Goes Online

By Kenrya Rankin

Astraea’s CommsLabs program combines indigenous knowledge, technology, and healing practices to power the next wave of LGBTQI organizing. From the Summer 2019 issue.