Fundraising
The New Nonprofit IPO
A unique funding model goes beyond donations and offers funders a tangible stake in organizations they support.
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Business
The Rise and Struggles of Social Enterprise in 2013
The whirlwind year for social enterprise saw new investments, corporate forms, and business models.
Board Governance
Transforming the Donor-Grantee Relationship
Effective giving requires strong personal relationships and networks.
Nonprofit Management
Leveraging Legacy Organizations
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.
Nonprofits
Collective Impact or Coordinated Blindness?
Competition across the sector with corresponding mechanisms to help organizations learn from these practices might better drive social innovation.
Nonprofits
Defining Your Competitive Advantage
All social change organizations have one, but yours may not be what you think it is.
Education
A Revolution Begins in Teacher Prep
A new generation of teacher education programs is challenging how teachers get trained for the classroom.
Nonprofit Management
Scaling Impact
Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.
Nonprofit Management
Correlations Between Being a Great Teacher and Being a Great Nonprofit
Teach for America compiled a list of the central characteristics of a good teacher, many of which are similar to those found in great nonprofits.
Podcast
Education
Tomas Recart - Social Enterprise in Chile’s Educational System
The area of education is ripe for social enterprise efforts, both within and outside U.S. borders. In this audio interview with Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Sheela Sethuraman, Executive Director Tomas Recart talks about what Ensena Chile is doing to create educational change in Chile using the Teach For America model. He discusses recruitment, program evaluation, and the expansion of the effort to other Latin American countries.