Human Rights
When Rapid Equals Urgent
The Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights has pioneered a rapid response grantmaking model connected to the global grassroots.
Tag: Grantmaking
Foundations
Funding Feedback
Fund for Shared Insight is pooling the cash and convictions of 13 philanthropies to build the field of end-user feedback. Can its leaders become role models for the positive change they seek to create? Open access to this article is made possible by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (Fund for Shared Insight).
Philanthropy & Funding
How Foundations Make an Impact
Research shows that foundations are motivated by impact in their grantmaking.
Education
When Funding Moves Away From Universities
Foundations are shifting their higher-education funding to outside organizations that promote initiatives they favor.
Review
Philanthropy & Funding
Strategic Philanthropy Reconsidered
The authors of Money Well Spent reconsider their original arguments a second time around.
IMPACT INDIA
New Frontiers in Indian Corporate Social Responsibility
The timing is opportune for CSR to catalyze impact in India’s development sector.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Rise of Philanthropy LLCs
The for-profit LLC is poised to become the preferred vehicle for the nation’s elite philanthropists. Will the public gain from added investment in social good, or lose from ceding even more power to the wealthy?
Collaboration
(Re)thinking Funder Networks and Collaboratives
The 2016 US presidential election is reminding philanthropy of its value.
Civic Engagement
Digital Natives Collect Community Needs
Humanitas AI has created a smartphone app to enable young people to coordinate social projects.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2017
Highlights from the magazine and website.