What Impact Investors Can Learn from the Microfinance Industry

By Laura Foose & Anne Folan 10

Substitute the word “impact” for “social performance,” and current debates in the investment community sound exactly like the ones the microfinance industry had 10 years ago. The investor community can learn from microfinance’s successful efforts to set standards for non-financial returns—the “other bottom line.”

Human-Centered Design for the Voting Experience

By Kate Lydon

IDEO brings a human-centered design lens to voting in Los Angeles County—and finds compelling opportunities to increase participation nationally.

Second-Generation Collective Impact

By Saphira M. Baker & Kelly King Horne 3

Collective impact efforts that go the distance align public and private resources, and dedicate themselves to keeping their networks engaged and focused on results.

A Good Deal for Social Good

By Steve Zausner 2

How impact investors, commercial investors, and social enterprises can take advantage of Series B financing and create greater impact.

The Modern Marriage Between Tech Philanthropy and Nonprofits: “It’s Complicated”

By Kristen Joiner 7

It’s a modern relationship in a modern world. It’s a marriage full of promise. But does our culture’s celebration of the male-dominated tech world end up overshadowing critical skills like empathy that are required for social change?

Lessons from Inside a Nonprofit Accelerator “Boot Camp”

By Joyce Kim & Vanessa Gennarelli 3

Four important insights that can help propel the work of the social good ecosystem.

Civic Engagement

Making Voting Easier Doesn’t Increase Turnout

By Adam Berinsky 9

To the surprise of many, making the act of voting easier hasn’t actually led to higher voter turnout. To increase turnout, we need to get more people interested in politics.

Creating a Sharing Economy that Actually Shares

By Laura Zabel 6

Three ways nonprofits can embrace sharing, and bring their leadership and changemaking into the 21st century.