Foundations
Big Bang Philanthropy
How one group of funders gets the most for the poverty-fighting buck.
Tag: Transparency
Social Entrepreneurship
Why Open Contests Work
A look at how competitions like those at the Knight Foundation serve the social entrepreneur community.
Civil Society
In Search of Respectful Debate
Reasonable, open, and credible debate is missing across government, business, and civil society—how can we bring it back?
Impact Investing
Impact Investing: From Headlines to Fundamentals
A new report aims to strengthen the impact investing industry.
Impact Investing
Finding a New North Star at UNCF
Part of a series of articles on helping mature organizations stay adaptive and increase their social impact.
Civil Society
The Snowden Effect: An Opportunity?
Pro-privacy activists and others have a chance to reinvent the conversation about security and privacy in the digital age.
Nonprofit Management
What Will Replace the Hero’s Journey?
Only by sharing stories of complex protagonists, messy work, and muddled results will the social sector foster understanding and gain support.
Social Entrepreneurship
Silicon Valley Won’t Save the World, but…
Development professionals can learn from Silicon Valley aid efforts, and create more effective and transformative change around the world.
Nonprofits
A Better IRS Code
One simple change to the IRS code would ensure that nonprofits assemble diverse boards that truly represent the organizations’ owners: the community.
Nonprofit Management
What Nonprofits Need
Three things that funders can learn from Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector Survey.