Measuring Social Impact
Transforming Our Anti-Social Sector
Our sector’s trajectory does not point to a pivotal future role in solving social problems—what might a new paradigm look like, and could we ever get there?
Tag: Strategic Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Strategic Philanthropy and the Risk of Certainty
Strategic philanthropy has produced many great results, but we must not be too rigid in our adherence to certain practices.
Measuring Social Impact
Rereading “Collective Impact”: Three Lessons
Fresh insights gleaned from the article that started it all.
Individual Giving
Don’t Just Aggregate Funds, Unleash Them!
Raising money is just part of the social change equation—an interview with Helen LaKelly Hunt and Emily Nielsen Jones of Women Moving Millions.
Measuring Social Impact
Getting Results Data Off the Dusty Shelf
Charities and funders need support and guidance to make sure that information collected does not go to waste.
Philanthropy
Funding the Unforeseen
By creating mechanisms to efficiently plan for uncertainty, philanthropists can ensure that they maintain forward momentum and keep their impact on track.
Philanthropy
What’s Strategy Got to Do With It?
We need to broaden philanthropy’s view of social sciences.
Philanthropy
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen’s Gift to Philanthropy
Giving 2.0 Project U offers a treasure trove of resources for teachers and students of philanthropy.
10th Anniversary Essays
The Globalization of Giving
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.
10th Anniversary Essays
Reshaping U.S. Public Education Policy
One of 16 special essays on how the field of social innovation has evolved and what challenges remain ahead.