Social Enterprise
The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship
How can social entrepreneurship promote social justice? An unlikely source provides an unambiguous and practical framework.
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Social Enterprise
Continuous Transformation to Serve the Mission
Forty years ago, FUNDES launched to serve small enterprises in Latin America. The organization had to reinvent itself many times to survive but continues to support the region’s economic and social development. | Open access to this article made possible by the University of Geneva
Advocacy
How Social Enterprises Advocate
Research demonstrates that social enterprises are political actors that seek to influence public policy and sociocultural norms.
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Due Diligence as a Catalyst for Growth
Why philanthropy should think of due diligence not as a vetting exercise, but as an opportunity to build deeper partnerships that lead to more sustainable impact.
The Four Principles of a Breathing Organization
From Model Ts to tea, organizations devoted to human flourishing need to build the human architecture for their people to breathe.
Scale Really Matters
The problems are big, the time is short, and the resources are limited.
When Compliance Aims to Silence
A look at the motivations behind and impact of a new law limiting nonprofit fundraising in Ecuador, and how civil society organizations are coming together to reclaim their agency.
After the Big Bet
Four funding pathways doers are pursuing to sustain resources and impact following the big bet.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
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.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.