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How Funders of Collective Impact Initiatives Can Build Trust

By Victor Tavarez, John Harper & Fay Hanleybrown

Four ways funders of collective impact efforts can help foster trust to strengthen collaboration and achieve greater impact.

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How Field Catalysts Accelerate Collective Impact

By Sylvia Cheuy, Mark Cabaj & Liz Weaver 1

A look at how the Tamarack Institute united the efforts of local collective impact initiatives across Canada to accelerate systems change in support of a living wage.

The Case for Investing in Employee Ownership

By Marjorie Kelly & Karen Kahn 3

Transitioning businesses to employee ownership has the potential to significantly reduce the overall wealth gap as well as the racial equity gap. But it will take capital investment to scale.

The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2021

By SSIR Editors

Highlights from the magazine and website.

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Power and Collective Impact in Australia

By Kerry Graham, Liz Skelton & Mark Yettica Paulson 6

How Australia’s history and culture influence collective impact initiatives and create momentum for collaborative work that is more equitable and inclusive.

SSIR’s 2021 Social Innovation Reading List

By SSIR Editors

Highlights from book excerpts published by SSIR online this year on topics including mutualism, grassroots development, breakthrough ideas, racial injustice, and well-being.

Using Founder Sabbaticals as Organizational Reset

By Natalie Bridgeman Fields 4

Founder sabbaticals are as important for the organization as for the well-being of the founder. But for a founder’s sabbatical to build organizational resilience, examine internal power dynamics, and prepare for the founder’s eventual (and inevitable) departure, organizations must plan for, resource, and require them.

The Vertical Integration of Philanthropy

By Tom Dawson

Why social impact organizations are acquiring mission-aligned nonprofits.