Urban Development
Collaborative Design Tackles Homelessness
A group designing innovative support systems in Portland, Ore., is identifying better ways of living for the homeless and for communities at large.
Tag: Community
Nonprofit Management
Demystifying Scaling: Part 5
A five-part series on developing a common framework for nonprofits to scale for impact.
Nonprofit Management
Scaling Smarter, Scaling for Keeps
Lessons from the front lines of bringing social programs to scale.
Economic Development
Community Development: Reflecting on What Works
The community development sector's traditional tools and relationships are outdated and insufficient to address current problems.
Excerpt
Corporate Philanthropy
Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages
Empowerment Evaluation in the Digital Villages examines a Hewlett-Packard initiative designed to empower three communities by bridging "the digital divide."
Corporate Philanthropy
Corporate Philanthropy Tackles the Digital Divide
HP’s $15 million, plus comprehensive community commitment and capacity building, provides us with a model of success for social change.
Foundations
Redefining Community Foundations
The CEO of the largest merged community foundation in the world reflects on the changing interests and identity of its donors.
Review
Cities
Demographic Revision
The vast majority of neighborhoods in American cities do not "trade places." Instead, concentrated poverty and its opposite, concentrated affluence, are surprisingly persistent.
Arts
Nonprofit-Public School Alliance
A partnership between Fairfax High and the nonprofit Greenway Arts Alliance in Los Angeles has improved school finances and created a community hub.
Civil Society
Tragedy of the Common Car
Zipcar members may share cars, but they don't feel a sense of community.