Partnerships

Without the proper planning, preparation, and long-term thinking, skills-based volunteers and the organizations that sponsor them can easily do more harm than good.

Collaboration

Better Business Support for Early-stage Social Enterprises

By John Wood & Christy Chin

The time has come to make private sector support of startup social enterprises the expectation, not the exception.

Collaboration

Blending Evaluative and Organizational Development

By Saphira M. Baker and Anita McGinty 3

How collaboration between nonprofit evaluators and organizational consultants can increase efficiency and lead to deeper results.

Collaboration

Catastrophic Times: Leadership, When Everyone Is Down

By Mina Kumar

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a nonprofit leader shares lessons on preparedness, collaboration, and resilience.

Collaboration

Strengthening Donor-Nonprofit Partnerships

By Peter Fortenbaugh 4

Five relationship imbalances that cause tension and reduce social impact—and how to address them.

Social Services

A Tax-Funded Nonprofit to Create Happy Families

By Pablo Medina Uribe

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

By Stephanie Wykstra 2

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

By Judith Lorimer & LaKisha N. Williams 2

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.