Civic Engagement
Increasing Voter Turnout: What, If Anything, Can Be Done?
Lessons from the voter turnout series, a collaboration between the Hewlett Foundation and SSIR.
Tag: Philanthropy
Collaboration
Can Individual and Institutional Donors Be Friends?
These groups' perspectives are closer than most think—and it’s good news for philanthropy.
Philanthropy
Challenging the Orthodoxies of Philanthropy
Are traditional assumptions about how we “do” philanthropy preventing us from finding new and better ways of working?
Philanthropy & Funding
Working in the Dark
The nonprofit funding process lacks transparency and fosters insecurity—and only funders can fix it.
Foundations
A “Watch-Out” for Private Foundations Offering Prizes
No-strings-attached prizes incentivize innovation, but private foundations need to structure them carefully to avoid prohibitive penalty taxes.
Foundations
Investing in Networks Grows Impact
Participation in a network allows foundations to leverage their individual investment by surfacing multiple, ongoing opportunities for collaborative grantmaking.
Philanthropy
Working with Story
How to use oral histories to capture the past and communicate in the future.
Philanthropy & Funding
Emergent Strategy in Action
A look at how one organization is using emergent philanthropy on a local level to improve early childhood education.
UP FOR DEBATE
Strategic Philanthropy and Its Discontents
Strategic philanthropy is a much-maligned practice that continues to have a great degree of power for today’s philanthropists.
Foundations
8 Common Innovation Traps
The path to innovation can be tricky, but being aware of the common pitfalls can help funders along the road to breakthrough social change.