Read about how the B Corp movement is winning over multinational corporations, how nonprofits of color can build the capacity to serve their communities, how a more expansive approach to philanthropy can help create a more equitable and just society, how social sector practitioners can better understand and apply theories of change, and other topics in the Fall 2020 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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The campaign to reform capitalism by making companies prioritize stakeholders could never succeed without getting large multinational corporations on board. Now that Danone, Laureate Education, and Natura have signed on, the B Corp movement is demonstrating how it can be done.
Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.
Limiting what counts as philanthropy has curtailed our understanding of its scope and social value. A more expansive approach shows how it is essential for creating a more equitable and democratic society.
Open-access to this article made possible by Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.
The term “theory of change” is as popular as it is confusing. By gaining a clearer understanding of its various interpretations, practitioners in the social sector can more effectively implement and assess their interventions.
LaderaTECH is developing a hydrogel to preventatively treat areas at high risk for wildfires.
New research indicates that prawns offer an unlikely solution for an infectious disease in Senegal.
A network of crisis translators provides trauma-informed translation and interpretation services to immigrants, migrants, and refugees.
A new trauma-informed app provides victims of sexual violence access to confidential support and resources.
A community rallies to save its children from gun violence through coordination, cooperation, and a shared goal.
Global Himalayan Expedition turns adventure seeking into sustainable giving, creating electricity and employment in remote Indian villages.
Food for Soul’s refettorios are feeding the poor, finding a solution to food waste, and building community spirit.
Together for Girls conducts research in collaboration with nations around the world to eradicate the systems that perpetuate sexual violence against girls.
Critics claim that DAFs unduly postpone funds needed by charities, but the vehicle offers many benefits that may outweigh its costs.
The conversion of government-owned or -controlled assets into charitable endowments, or "philanthropication through privatization," has succeeded around the world in creating effective foundations for social good.
Impact investors pass on enterprises with potential because the deals are too small to justify the effort. A new model works through intermediaries to get entrepreneurs the capital they need.
Judging from our experience of creating employment for Pakistani women in household services, we would do many things differently if we had the chance.
Changes to college admissions that improve the prospects of low-income families could boost economic equality.
Minority and women researchers have more novel ideas, but they are less likely to be adopted by the scientific mainstream.
Organizational hierarchy can make or break cooperatives, depending on its effect on the collective psychological ownership of members.
The reward of public recognition can motivate or inhibit donors, depending on their prior motives.
Elisabeth S. Clemens’ Civic Gifts demonstrates how voluntarism, long associated with locally based efforts, has been central to the project of building a strong nation-state.
In Precision Community Health, Bechara Choucair offers a four-pillared framework to address historic systemic inequities in public health but fails to confront the power arrangements that undergird them.
Until recently, most of the 3,422 companies (in 71 countries) that have become a B Corp have been small and medium-sized, but a growing number of large, established corporations are starting to undergo the certification process as well.
Highlights from recent SSIR.org articles on racial justice, well-being, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
A rally for Black trans people in Brooklyn, New York, illustrates the increasing success and power of the Black Lives Matter movement as a coalition that centers on the most marginalized.
