Collaboration
Strengthening Donor-Nonprofit Partnerships
Five relationship imbalances that cause tension and reduce social impact—and how to address them.
Tag: Partnerships
Social Services
A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families
Colombia’s Comfama has brought critical economic and social services to Medellín. Can this public-private hybrid continue to bolster the country’s growing middle class?
Civic Engagement
Bringing Together Research and Action
Two new programs aim to help academics to engage more directly with nonprofits and social change initiatives.
Education
Equity Along the Paths to and Through College
How a New York community center is training college advisors, school counselors, volunteers, and members of community-based organizations to provide high-quality college advising.
Impact Investing
Searching for Impact
How search funds, a little-known private equity investment vehicle, can become a useful tool for impact investing.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Five SSIR Articles for U.N. Week
A reading list of our favorite articles on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Collaboration
A Portfolio Approach to Social Innovation Partnerships
Successful social innovation at scale requires partners from the public, private, and social sectors to work together through flexible models that evolve to meet shifting requirements and address changing risks.
Organizational Development
Building Brand as Your Organization Grows
Growing a social venture can create brand challenges with far-reaching consequences.
Collaboration
Collective Impact Without Borders
Successful, multi-national, collective impact efforts require that organizations carefully consider two dimensions of their approach.
Philanthropy & Funding
Shared Gifting: Shifting Funding Power to Nonprofits
When nonprofits dole out grant money to peers, the result is a transformative experience that fosters innovation, collaboration, and learning.