Updating the Nonprofit Work Ethic
How nonprofit leaders can protect themselves and their staff from burnout and achieve higher, more sustainable organizational performance.
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Investing in Global Refugee and Migrant Integration
George Soros’s $500 million investment announcement following the first-ever UN summit on migrants and refugees sets an example for how all investors could engage in “migrant lens investing."
A Neoliberal Takeover of Social Entrepreneurship?
A model of social entrepreneurship focused on market-based solutions and profit is threatening to crowd out more collaborative approaches.
Living in the World of Both/And
How leaders are integrating both the network and organizational mindset into their pursuit of social impact.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.
The Calculus for Commitment: The Power of Involving the Private Sector in Social Impact Networks
Why social sector organizations should make engaging for-profit companies a normal part of their problem-solving strategies—and four ways to do it effectively.
What Every Good Microfinance Business Should Track and Why
Many microfinance impact investors are not monitoring the social components of the financial service providers (FSPs) they finance—but doing so can make a substantial difference to business success.
Taking Advocacy Campaigns Off Auto-pilot
A lack of creativity in campaign tech can stifle social change. Advocacy organizations need to take more chances with technology and think beyond existing tools to achieve greater impact.
Collaboration
Winter Is Here, and the Wall Between Funders and Nonprofits Must Come Down
Grantmakers and nonprofits can face today’s pressing social issues only if we break down the walls between us and see each other as partners on the same side.
Video
Three Questions With Angela Glover Blackwell
Blackwell, president and CEO of PolicyLink, talks with SSIR senior editor Michael Slind about the role of public policy in addressing inequality and creating a more prosperous society.