Philanthropy & Funding
The Power of Families: From Poverty to Agency to Unity
How philanthropy can support low-income families to build powerful networks and craft policy solutions that reduce poverty in the United States.
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Health
Routine Health Care in the Time of Ebola
An organization’s response to a wide-scale Ebola outbreak provides six lessons in sustainable impact for NGO leaders.
Measurement & Evaluation
Feedback Is Not a Fad
Listening to beneficiaries should be part and parcel of any initiative that seeks to help others. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Collaboration
Resetting the Grantor-Grantee Relationship
Simple changes in mindset and behavior can break the cycle of strain and mistrust in grantor-grantee relationships.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Civil Society and American Exceptionalism
American civil society has a history of and reputation for political independence—and alongside it, accountability, transparency, and governance. But these unique qualities are at risk.
Cities
Keeping Democracy Alive in Cities
Cities continue to be the place where citizens can engage most directly with government—especially when nonprofits are there to offer capacity, expertise, and reach.
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Nonprofits & NGOs
How ‘Charity’ Became ‘Philanthropy’
Braided Threads traces the fascinating history of America’s nonprofit sector.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Volunteerism and US Civil Society
Everyone in the public and nonprofit sectors has a role to play in fostering volunteerism, and engagement can pay dividends for all.
Government
The Johnson Amendment: Fact-checking the Narrative
There is more to the story of the Johnson Amendment than is generally being presented to the nonprofit community.
Civic Engagement
De Tocqueville Redux
As America undergoes dramatic upheavals, one of the ways to understand these changes and to come up with solutions is to examine them through the lens of civil society.