Social Enterprise
Building a Prize Network
Social enterprise awards can be an opportunity to build movements and networks, not just single out winners.
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Leadership
Distributing Leadership, Promoting Stewardship
Foundations can play an essential role in generating authentic conversation on hard issues, but they must be both an equal player among community partners and an active steward of the mission.
Social Enterprise
Filling In the Gap
How creative collaborations worldwide are deploying capital and support for promising social enterprises.
Big Picture
Ecosystem Investing: Achieving Impact at Scale
Six lessons from a large-scale, cross-sector initiative to improve education.
Research Notes
New Orleans: The Hub of Water Management Innovation?
The 21st century needs to harness the power of water, and the battered coastal city of New Orleans may just have the goods to do it.
Big Picture
The Doer and the Payer: A Simple Approach to Scale
Growth and scale aren't the same thing. Here's what you need to know if you're serious about getting to scale.
Foundations
Casting a Tight Net
Humanity United is pursuing a strategy that combines carrots and sticks—collaboration and activism—to confront human rights abuse in the seafood industry. Includes magazine extras.
Education
Reforming the Education Debate
Recent changes in US policy regarding teacher evaluation reflect the impact of foundation-supported advocacy.
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“Where Two Rivers Meet, The Water Is Never Calm”
Partnerships are often difficult to navigate—but they are essential elements of effective philanthropy.