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From Innovation to Results
The director of the Social Innovation Fund explains how the fund balances innovation and support for proven programs.
Tag: Philanthropy
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Partners in Impact
The president of Communities In Schools writes about the role funders played in helping his organization scale up.
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More Resources, More Co-Investors, More Impact
The president and CEO of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation elaborates on the vital role growth capital aggregation plays.
Nonprofit Management
Shaping Global Partnerships for a Post-2015 World
The principles of collective impact offer important lessons for architects of global collaborative efforts.
IN-DEPTH SERIES
The Value of Strategic Planning & Evaluation
In this ongoing series of essays, practitioners, consultants, and academics explore the value of strategy and evaluation, as well as the limits and downsides of these practices.
Measuring Social Impact
Rereading “Collective Impact”: Three Lessons
Fresh insights gleaned from the article that started it all.
Review
Economic Development
Prepare to Update Your Theory of Change
The new book Scarcity provides critical insights for designing better anti-poverty programs, but not for allocating scarce philanthropic resources.
Philanthropy
Collective Impact: Funder, Heal Thyself
Thoughts on recent local and national funder conversations.
Business
The Rise and Struggles of Social Enterprise in 2013
The whirlwind year for social enterprise saw new investments, corporate forms, and business models.