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

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.

IN-DEPTH SERIES

Advancing the Art of Collaboration

This series, produced in partnership with BBB's Give.org, calls on the social sector to embody a new and pioneering collaborative spirit based in trust so that it can reach broader audiences, share the risk involved in experimentation, and accomplish more than any single organization could do alone.

The Rise and Fall of a Teal NGO

By Mahmoud Farag 8

Teal—an emerging organizational model centered on principles like self-management and wholeness—has great promise, but to leverage its potential, NGOs must understand its opportunities and challenges.

Bono Doesn’t Know—All of Us Are Still Learning

By Michael McCreless 10

Recent headline-grabbing comments aside, the impact investing field needs integrated data on impact and financial returns if it is to scale with integrity.

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.

Solving the World’s Biggest Problems: Better Philanthropy Through Systems Change

By Jeffrey C. Walker 10

A growing number of philanthropists and nonprofits are embracing the principles of systems change as an effective way to solve the world’s biggest problems.

To Win Against False Information, We Must Play Offense

By Annie Neimand 1

What should strategic communication in the public and social change sectors look like in a time marked by extreme political polarization and false information? Science suggests the key may be playing offense, rather than defense.