Using Data for Action and for Impact

By Jim Fruchterman 19

How nonprofits and social businesses can use data to inform decision-making and evaluate performance.

The Future of Prize Philanthropy

By Renya Reed Wasson 4

In more and more cases, prize competitions provide recipients with resources to pursue their work even before they complete a proposed project.

Upgrading a Network

By Sarah Murray 1

Girl Scouts of the USA has overhauled everything from its federated structure to its information technology systems to the way that Girl Scouts sell their fabled cookies.

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Philanthropy’s New Tools for Innovation and Impact

By Susan Desmond-Hellmann 5

Investing in smart strategies and passionate people.

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Leveraging the Balance Sheet

By David Bank 3

A conversation with Julie Sunderland, founding director of Program Related Investments at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Neglected No More

By Dennis Price

Nudging biotech startups to tackle diseases of the developing world.

Closing the Feedback Loop

By Kristine Wong 2

A new program gives nonprofits the resources to listen more closely to the people they serve.

Flush With Equality

By Greg Beato

Amid pushbacks against LGBTQ rights elsewhere, a New York City executive order ensures equal access to bathrooms.

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Unintended Consequences

By David Bank & Dennis Price

How a strategic investment steered an educational-technology startup into trouble.