Environment
Democratizing Data to Hold Polluters Accountable
How communities across the globe are using technology to break the oil and gas monopoly on information
Tag: Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Gather, Share, Build
Why data is one of the biggest challenges to leveraging AI for social good—and how the social sector can address it
Collaboration
Building Community-Centered AI Collaborations
Mission-driven organizations should look beyond the tech sector and build AI partnerships with academia, CBOs, artists, and foundations.
Technology
Encouraging Human Creativity in the AI-Powered Future
Strong IP protections will incentivize the human creativity that’s essential to improving, applying, and using AI.
Social Services
To Bot or Not to Bot? How AI Companions Are Reshaping Human Services and Connection
The rise of AI-powered social services will mean walking a difficult tightrope between democratizing access to resources and depleting access to social connection.
Impact Investing
Deep Listening for Impact Measurement
How AI-driven text and voice analysis can transform impact investing strategies.
Philanthropy & Funding
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2024
Healing trauma in systems; a critique of strategic philanthropy; nonprofit growth revisited; AI-powered nonprofits; communication in a new era; and more.
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Server Farm
We must turn to the nonhuman intelligence all around us to articulate a framework for ethical and regenerative life.
Technology
AI for Social Good
We need rigorous impact evaluations of AI in the social sector to ensure that it promotes social welfare.
Technology
SSIR Online, Winter 2025 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about strategic philanthropy, strengthening global democracy, crisis planning, and nonprofits leveraging AI innovations