In this SSIR LIVE! 90-minute program (on-demand available later), we will empower social sector leaders with a purpose-driven three-step pathway that will enable organizations to integrate “sustainability ownership experience” into their business decisions and employee psychology.
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Four promising strategies to expand equitable access to safe and legal abortion care in the United States—and the particular role of philanthropic actors in advancing them.
A wave of big-bet grants has left some funders asking whether recipient organizations still “need” their money. That’s always the wrong question.
Four ways funders of collective impact efforts can help foster trust to strengthen collaboration and achieve greater impact.
Championing initiatives is not enough. Philanthropy must fund their implementation and build power in communities to keep the ball moving.
Why NGOs and funders need to take bigger leaps toward innovation in environmental conservation, and how a back-of-the-napkin risk assessment tool can help.
How philanthropic organizations can better understand the degree to which they include beneficiaries in their decision-making processes, how contextual considerations shape participation, and where problems and opportunities lie.
There is no one right answer to the question whether to pay out more during a financial crisis, which depends on balancing the needs of present and future beneficiaries and so varies depending on a funders’ goals and objectives. This is the keystone article for the Up for Debate series on foundations' payouts during big crises. Visit the series page for responses to this essay.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing nonprofits to reinvent themselves at lightning speed, and many foundations are supporting them ad-hoc. But when the dust settles, the social sector will need to take strategic steps to restore its philanthropic vitality and contribute to a post-COVID social contract. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
The COVID-19 crisis is threatening small and growing businesses in low-income nations and the capacity development organizations (CDOs) they depend upon. Helping CDOs overcome three types of financial challenges is critical to responding to the current and coming economic devastation.
