Impact Investing
Market Creation Has Been Having a Moment. Now Comes the Hard Part
Shifting impact investment toward market creation means doing a lot more than changing how we talk about what we do.
Tag: Partnerships
Government
Building an On-Ramp for Evidence
Scaling effective solutions often stalls in state government because funding systems are not designed to reward proof of impact. A new partnership model shows how states and funders can unlock smarter public spending together.
Philanthropy & Funding
Due Diligence as a Catalyst for Growth
Why philanthropy should think of due diligence not as a vetting exercise, but as an opportunity to build deeper partnerships that lead to more sustainable impact.
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Advocacy
Critical Coalitions
An excerpt from Power to the Partners shows how designing coalitions is vital to successful organizational partnership
Government
Laying the Groundwork for Government-Led Poverty Reduction
Four priorities for NGOs turning to local government partnerships in the face of funding cuts to help build lasting, large-scale solutions to poverty.
Collaboration
Retire ‘Foreign Assistance’
Development aid is not a handout but a catalyst for partnership in global stability.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Mergers and Acquisitions as a Strategic Tool for Nonprofit Growth
Growth can be a long and resource-intensive journey, but the social sector’s interconnectedness means that an aligned partner has probably already built what you need (or vice versa).
Collaboration
Building Community-Centered AI Collaborations
Mission-driven organizations should look beyond the tech sector and build AI partnerships with academia, CBOs, artists, and foundations.
Foundations
Adapting What Works to Support a Community of Doers
To counter disruptive market forces changing the media, nonprofit communicators can adopt ideas from other sectors, their own programmatic strengths, and communities.