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Becoming Big Bettable
Social change leaders can create more investment opportunities that can transform the world by following these guidelines.
Tag: Grantmaking
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Reimagining Institutional Philanthropy
Historic growth in wealth globally and the rise of new philanthropists threaten the relevance of institutional philanthropy—while creating new opportunities for impact and influence.
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Empowering Nonprofits
The president and CEO of Independent Sector elaborates on how big bets can help redistribute wealth and rebalance the power dynamic between donors and nonprofits.
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Hacking the Bias in Big Bets
The president of Echoing Green explains how to get more big bets to organizations led by people of color.
Cities
Making Civic Engagement Efforts Work
New experiments with civic engagement, outreach, and philanthropic models in Philadelphia offer inspiration for leaders across the social sector.
Philanthropy & Funding
How Nonprofits Can Help Donor-Advised Fund Philanthropists Listen and Learn
As donor-advised funds increase in popularity, the people who use them are poised to advance the practice of listening to the organizations and individuals they are trying to help. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Philanthropy & Funding
Funding Innovations That Break the Mold
How funders can support bold, emerging leaders and their cutting-edge ideas.
Philanthropy & Funding
Development Impact Bonds: There’s Still No Free Lunch
We’re in big trouble if complicated, expensive schemes like these are what it takes to get big funders to fund for impact.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy in the Service of Democracy
Plutocratic biases are baked into the policies that structure charitable giving and big foundations. We must overhaul philanthropy to make it better serve democratic ends.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Four Principles of Venture Funding
Whether someone is investing in a tech startup or a grassroots advocacy organization, the same rules of success apply. Open access to this article is made possible by American Jewish World Service.