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Giving With Impact

Philanthropic leaders discuss how to maximize charitable impact in a series of podcasts and webinars sponsored by DAFgiving360.

Getting Political Is Good for Everyone

By Bill Shore 2

Nonprofits that engage in political activity benefit themselves, those they serve, and the political system as a whole.

How Reverse Mentoring Can Lead to More Equitable Workplaces

By Sharlene Gandhi 2

In response to a July 16 article about improving organizations' DEI efforts by reimagining the roles of mentor and mentee, SSIR reader Yen Ooi wrote that “calling it 'reverse mentoring' might set out the wrong impression in the relationship to start with.” What do you think? This is the final of 10 articles in a special DEI series.

Podcast

Transforming Programs Through Predictive Analytics

Featuring Parag Gupta & Jeff Gold

A case study of how public higher education institutions are successfully using predictive tools to increase graduation rates and close the achievement and opportunity gaps between low-income and underrepresented minority students and their peers.

How Philanthropic Collaborations Succeed, and Why They Fail

By Alison Powell, Susan Wolf Ditkoff & Fay Twersky

Funders need to push past politeness and hammer out expectations for how their collective action will create value—for beneficiaries, grantees, and themselves—beyond what they could do alone.

Podcast

Building a More Ethical Blockchain

Featuring Cara LaPointe

Blockchain can help with everything from refugees' identities to conflict diamonds, but it must be handled carefully to manage the values embedded within it.

Foundations Can Unlock a Food System to Feed the World

By Meredith Storton & Jennifer Astone 4

Small farmers and food businesses are essential to building a resilient food system, but they need flexible, patient capital to thrive.

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Open Source Aid

By Raj Kumar 3

An excerpt from The Business of Changing the World: How Billionaires, Tech Disrupters, and Social Entrepreneurs are Transforming the Global Aid Industry argues the case for openness.