Capacity-building

Equity in Implementation Science Is Long Overdue

Implementation researchers and practitioners must examine how the field can be truly equitable. A systemic approach offers a path forward.

Equitable Implementation at Work

By Allison Metz, Beadsie Woo & Audrey Loper

Equity must be integrated into implementation research and practice. Here are 10 recommendations for putting equitable implementation into action.

Scaling

The Promise of Social Sector Franchising

By Greg Starbird, Fiona Wilson & E. Hachemi Aliouche

The massive growth of commercial franchises like McDonald’s offers inspiration for scaling social impact. Although still very young, social sector franchising is spawning an array of successful enterprises that offer lessons for further expansion.

Collaboration

Civic Mobilization Infrastructure in an Age of Existential Threats

By Alessandra Orofino, Manoela Miklos & Miguel Lago

Brazilian civil society worked together to win basic income for the poor. Its success illustrates how organizations must interlock to secure rights and push for social change.

Philanthropy & Funding

Building Indigenous Power and Investing in Indigenous Self-Determination

By Nick Tilsen 6

To solve the most pressing issues for Indigenous communities—and for the world at large—power and autonomy must be given to Indigenous people themselves.

Government

How Can Philanthropy Help Rehabilitate US Democracy?

By Mohit Mookim, Rob Reich, Nadia Roumani & Ayushi Vig

Those with wealth and privilege are uniquely positioned to support the building and reimagining of our tattered and under-resourced democracy-preserving institutions.

Philanthropy & Funding

Hyperlocal Giving to Black-Led Nonprofits Cannot Simply Be a Trend

By Liz Dozier & Candice C. Jones 1

Not only do Black-led nonprofits need lasting and long-term support, but philanthropy needs to wrestle with its past failures to invest in the very communities we claim to be working for.