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We Need More Scale, Not More Innovation
The president and CEO of The California Endowment discusses the importance of engaging in advocacy and community organizing.
Tag: Grantmaking
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More Resources, More Co-Investors, More Impact
The president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation elaborates on the vital role growth capital aggregation plays.
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Leveraging a Movement Moment
The VP of programs at GEO writes about the opportunities for grantmakers in supporting social movements.
Philanthropy
Three Lessons from 13 Years of Strategic Philanthropy
The complexity of social change is what makes strategic philanthropy valuable.
Education
Partnering for Peace Through Education
How a family foundation identified the nonprofit V-Day as a partner to create a new kind of scholarship program.
Impact Investing
A Fault in Funding
An initiative undertaken by the World Bank reveals a troubling gap in the financing of social enterprises.
Measuring Social Impact
Transforming Our Anti-Social Sector
Our sector’s trajectory does not point to a pivotal future role in solving social problems—what might a new paradigm look like, and could we ever get there?
Philanthropy
Strategic Philanthropy and the Risk of Certainty
Strategic philanthropy has produced many great results, but we must not be too rigid in our adherence to certain practices.
Technology & Design
Silicon Valley Takes on Gun Violence
A group of Silicon Valley investors is challenging entrepreneurs to create high-tech solutions to reducing gun violence.
Philanthropy
Collective Impact: Funder, Heal Thyself
Thoughts on recent local and national funder conversations.