Impact Investing
Social Impact Bonds: More Than One Approach
A look at how social impact bonds differ between projects and geographies, and how those differences impact practical implementation.
Tag: United States
Environment
Schools’ Most Untapped Resource
Green Schoolyards America connects ecological innovation with education, equity, and community engagement.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy in the Service of Democracy
Plutocratic biases are baked into the policies that structure charitable giving and big foundations. We must overhaul philanthropy to make it better serve democratic ends.
Leadership
How a Janitor Put a Man on the Moon
NASA motivated employees by making a connection between their everyday work and the agency’s loftiest goal.
Leadership
Wielding Power with Community: Creating Pathways for Change and Transformation
Finding viable solutions to social problems requires that we reconfigure the relationships between those who hold power over communities and those who are impacted by how that power is used.
Philanthropy & Funding
The Power of Families: From Poverty to Agency to Unity
How philanthropy can support low-income families to build powerful networks and craft policy solutions that reduce poverty in the United States.
Security
New Weapons Against Nuclear Threats
The cross-sector collaborative N Square hopes to influence the cultural conversation and rekindle public awareness about the danger that nuclear weapons pose to humanity.
Foundations
Foundations as Interest Groups
While old foundations typically support traditional public-school institutions, new foundations are seeking to reshape or bypass them.
Philanthropy & Funding
How Foundations Make an Impact
Research shows that foundations are motivated by impact in their grantmaking.
Advocacy
Reframing America’s Opioid Epidemic to Find Solutions
Framing the opioid epidemic as a crisis and an individual problem obscures the power of prevention and society’s role in promoting it.