Now Is the Time for Foundations to Invest for Mission and Impact

By Matt Onek 3

The Mission Possible series is a call to action for philanthropy to fully embrace impact investing as an essential tool to drive meaningful social and environmental change.

Measure Profit to People—All People

By Michael O’Leary 1

Corporate profitability is too narrow a measure of a company’s financial impact.

Unleashing the Power of Endowments: The Next Great Challenge for Philanthropy

By Darren Walker 9

Ford Foundation commits $1 billion to MRIs.

How Progressive Nonprofits Can Navigate Conservative GOP Washington

By Rich Tafel 1

Ten practical strategies to open doors on Capitol Hill.

How Good Is Your Evidence?

By Bernadette Wright & Steven E. Wallis 1

A new, and easier, scientific approach to determining the quality of evidence can help the social sector better assess—and therefore better address—social problems.

Impact Investing

Strengthening the Impact Investing Movement

By Matt Bannick & Paula Goldman 1

Segmenting the field to better align expectations of risk, returns, and impact; increasing the rate of adoption with important stakeholders; and stepping up work in the United States—a look at Omidyar Network’s priorities in advancing the movement.

Sustainability: A New Path to Corporate and NGO Collaborations

By Isaac Joshua Montes 23

The convergence of shifting corporate social responsibility trends, untapped NGO value, and pressing development challenges holds tremendous potential for driving social impact and business innovation.

Rethinking the Business Case for Investing in Health

By Jason Saul, John Hoeppner, & Marjorie Paloma

Is ESG Missing an “H”?

Increasing Impact: People and Place at the Center

By Kelly Ryan 6

For impact investing to realize its true potential, we must change the mindset and narrative related to there being a “lack of pipeline” in underserved communities—rural and urban—to a perspective that people in communities create the environments in which outside investments can thrive.