Civic Engagement
The Moment for Participatory Democracy
Three civic engagement models that can help bring the voices of everyday citizens into public life.
Tag: Community
Arts & Culture
Civic Engagement: Why Cultural Institutions Must Lead the Way
Arts and culture organizations have the power to drive the cultural movement America needs to deliver democracy.
Organizational Development
The Princess and the Pain Point
Four strategies for scale from a local mattress recycling effort that is going beyond waste reduction and expanding across the United States.
Philanthropy & Funding
Don’t Give Big. Instead, Invest Thoughtfully.
This spring, community foundations around the country will host one-day, online giving campaigns for nonprofits in their regions. But the model needs an overhaul if it’s going to benefit more than the community foundations themselves.
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Understanding China’s Third Sector
A historical look at China’s third sector, from the country’s first imperial dynasty some 2,000 years ago to the present.
IMPACT INDIA
From the Ground Up
Top-down development doesn't work. What's needed is a "pull model" created by locals, funders, and government agencies working together as equals.
IMPACT INDIA
Water Is Power
A project undertaken by Indian NGO Gram Vikas shows how efforts to solve a particular social problem can have a far reaching impact on an entire social system.
Nonprofits & NGOs
A New Paradigm: Toward a User-Centered Social Sector
How the social sector might transform from a market for funding to a market for social impact.
Impact Investing
Constancy and Thoughtful Realignment: The Next Era of Social Investing
The changing US political playground requires that foundations both focus on what works and actively explore what might work in uncertain times ahead.
Food
Designing a Renewable Food System
Borrowing from the renewable energy sector, we can create a better food system by organizing regional governments to create markets for smaller producers and establishing coordinated networks that can amplify best practices.