Philanthropy
Indexing Nonprofits
Donors want their money to be spent wisely, but knowing where to give can be difficult.
Tag: Strategic Philanthropy
Nonprofit Management
Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity
Collective impact is upending conventional wisdom on how we achieve social progress.
Education
A Simple Method to Improve College Graduation Rates
A case study of Boston-area organization Bottom Line.
Impact Investing
Morgan Stanley’s Investing with Impact Approach
To help provide clarity to its clients, Morgan Stanley outlines an Investing with Impact framework, encompassing four integrated approaches.
Nonprofits
A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy
The outgoing president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation reflects on the importance of strategic philanthropy.
Foundations
Focusing on Advocacy
The time is now for foundations, large and small, to engage in public policy.
Philanthropy
Looking Beyond the Surface: Ten Pieces of Practical Advice on Due Diligence
Ten due diligence practices for would-be funders who are in the process of sizing up a philanthropic opportunity.
Measuring Social Impact
The Urgent Need for a Leap of Reason
We will need nothing short of quantum, nonprofit sector-wide change to accomplish our important missions in this new era of brutal austerity.
Civil Society
Big Society or Collective Impact?
How are the UK and US addressing the third sector’s next challenges, and where they are failing?
Nonprofit Management
Local Empowerment Through Rapid Results
Why local ownership and commitment are the exception in most development efforts—and what development professionals can do about this problem.