Government
Social Innovation Comes to Pennsylvania Avenue
President Obama experimented with radically new ways of maximizing the impact of social programs.
Tag: Donald Trump
Education
Civics for the Internet Age
A new, bipartisan curriculum aims to help US students make sense of a highly polarized country.
Excerpt
Philanthropy & Funding
Contributory or Disruptive: Do New Forms of Philanthropy Erode Democracy?
Modified from an excerpt of Philanthropy in Democratic Societies: History, Institutions, Values, edited by Rob Reich, Chiara Cordelli, and Lucy Bernholz.
Impact Investing
Trump: A Potential, and Peculiar, Source of Impact?
How an infrastructure imperative and tax overhaul could unlock capital for social and environmental impact.
Economic Development
Facts Over Factions
How technology and data can form the basis for common-sense, bi-partisan policy reforms amid new uncertainties.
Government
Advocating and Giving During the Trump Administration: Five History Lessons for the Social Sector
As funders, providers, and advocates pivot to face a dramatically different funding and political environment, some lessons from history may be instructive.
Advocacy
Anatomy of a Viral Web Video Campaign
With the right creative approach and the help of supporter networks, nonprofits can leverage web video to engage thousands, even millions, of people on a shoestring budget.
Social Enterprise
Reverse the Brain Drain
The social sector must better support entrepreneurs and professionals who have migrated from the developing world, and who want to positively influence social change in their countries of origin.
Civic Engagement
Is It Time for a New Presidential Debate Format?
Around the world, people want more say in what questions candidates need to answer during presidential debates.