Government Innovative public sector policies and programs

The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley

In The Tech Coup, former politician turned AI policy analyst Marietje Schaake warns that governments have ceded too much power to Silicon Valley—to the detriment of the public good.

Too Many Elections

By Avi Green & Zoltan Hajnal

Low-turnout off-cycle elections are bad for everyone. Civil society can help.

Transforming Workplace Culture to Attract Gen Z to the Public Sector

By Caroline Whistler & Tony Gherardini 1

To address government workforce shortages, the public sector must apply an outcomes-driven model to its culture and change the workplace to meet Gen Z where they are.

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Funding the Invisible

By Martha Lackritz-Peltier

How nonprofits in countries with conflict and closing civil spaces are doubly penalized in the funding world, and 10 ways funders can better serve them.

Build the Market First, Then Fund Innovation

By Ariel Kalil & Susan Mayer

Scaling proven solutions to the early childhood skills gap requires building a market for parenting interventions.

Making Compliance Work for Philanthropy

By Martha Lackritz-Peltier

Funders need to identify, embrace, and ultimately demystify compliance, reclaiming it as a tool that enables, rather than impedes, philanthropy’s essential purpose.

Beyond Direct Provision

By Ted Lempert 1

To create systemic change in health care for children, advocacy groups need to look to government.

How Inclusion Builds Democracy

By Daniela Blei

Brazil's commitment to social inclusion and equity has boosted its young democracy.

Collective Impact

By John Kania & Mark Kramer 115

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

Ten Nonprofit Funding Models

By William Landes Foster, Peter Kim & Barbara Christiansen 79

With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.