Capacity-building

Philanthropic dollars can play a unique role in catalyzing the public sector’s transformation toward data-driven leadership and decision-making.

A Field Catalyst for Systems Change in Higher Education

By Kelly Hodgins & Chad Lubelsky 1

How the McConnell Foundation’s Re-Code initiative is rewiring higher education for innovation across Canada. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.

Investments in Racial Equity Need to Move Inland

By Kathleen Kelly Janus & Karthick Ramakrishnan 1

Inland regions are rapidly diversifying, and leaders of color in places like the Inland Empire need investment. Philanthropy needs a new playbook for this intersection of racial equity and regional equity.

Government

Inclusive Innovation at the Ryerson Diversity Institute

By Wendy Cukier & Erica Wright

By working with other academic partners, government, private sector, and community partners, the Diversity Institute uses a systems approach to address barriers for underrepresented groups, improve social outcomes, and support economic growth. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.

Education

The Collective Work of Building Individual Agency

By Sandra LaFleur 3

Building a shared sense of responsibility at Miami Dade College begins with empathy, reflection, and closing the gap between students and staff. Part of the Innovating Higher Education series.

Nonprofits & NGOs

Building Capacity for Sustained Collaboration

By Heather McLeod Grant, Kate Wilkinson & Mickey Butts

Foundations helping nonprofits build their capacity to execute sustained collaborations are catalyzing an important shift on the nonprofit landscape and having an outsized impact on the ground.

Foundations

The Rise of the Corporate Social Investor

By Karoline Heitmann, Lonneke Roza, Priscilla Boiardi & Steven Serneels

The strategic alignment between business and corporate foundations, impact funds, and accelerators shows enormous potential for achieving social impact. But they can align in different ways, each with its strengths and weaknesses. A feature story in the Summer 2020 issue.

Grecian Urns and Trend Reports

By Chris Thomas

The value of a nonprofit is the presence and participation of its stakeholders and constituents. Technology creates the framework to make that value real. Part of the Technology for Change supplement sponsored by Salesforce in the Summer 2020 issue.