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Embracing Philanthropy’s Risky Business
How to start developing the policies and practices you need to manage risk.
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Case Study: Managing Risk to Scale Impact
How nonprofits and their funders can turn unexpected roadblocks into opportunities.
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Risk, Trust, and Impact: Connecting the Dots
To promote innovation, support risk. To promote risk, first build trust.
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Q&A with James P. Joseph & Tomer Inbar
How to understand and manage the legal risks associated with a foundation’s programmatic work.
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Using Scenario Planning to Surface Invisible Risks
How to prepare your organization for the unexpected.
A Revamped ACLU Takes on Today’s Fights
The ACLU pursued a 10-year plan to expand the capacity of its affiliates nationwide and defend people’s constitutional rights against the threats of a Trump presidency.
Creating Breakout Innovation
Nonprofits, community groups, and philanthropists are embracing cocreation as a way to engage a wider community in tackling pressing problems.
The Chinese Collectivist Model of Charity
In the West, most wealthy entrepreneurs prefer to give to specific individual causes, by establishing their own foundation, family office, or donor-advised fund. Most Chinese entrepreneurs, by contrast, would rather work together and pursue philanthropy collectively.
The Generalizability Puzzle
Rigorous impact evaluations tell us a lot about the world, not just the particular contexts in which they are conducted. Open access to this article is made possible by MIT.