Social Services
A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
Libby Schaaf’s career—first as an attorney, then running a nonprofit, and now as mayor of Oakland—is the journey of a cross-sector leader.
Mobile technology-driven solutions that aim to create social impact need to invest in customer-centric development and user training.
How a New York community center is training college advisors, school counselors, volunteers, and members of community-based organizations to provide high-quality college advising.
Why having enough money and data is the difference between success and failure for early-stage organizations.
Activating the entrepreneurial mindset in young people is critical to their future success and breaking down structural inequities in communities.
Don’t indulge. It can drain the joy right out of the work.
How a regional college consortium in California’s Central Valley uses technology and alternative programming to create equitable educational pathways for students with “some college, no degree.”
How do India’s social innovators extend their reach to many constituents? They focus on the entire problem and adapt as they confront it.
How an educational access collaborative evolved to give parents more say in creating educational opportunities for their children and help expand opportunities for first-generation students.