Business
Why Sustainable Investment Means Investing in Advocacy
Combining traditional impact investment approaches with investment in advocacy is the only way businesses and investors can fuel meaningful social and environmental progress.
Advocacy Innovative ways to influence public policy
Essentials of Social Innovation
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.
Philanthropy & Funding
Transformative Philanthropy for Racial Justice
We created the Democracy Frontlines Fund to enable experienced anti-racist organizers to do their crucial work. They taught us how to do philanthropy better.
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The Dirty Money Dilemma
How should a nonprofit decide whether to accept or reject a donation from a controversial source? Start by thinking about what the nonprofit gives in return.
Designing Your Circular Business Model
Corporations can achieve greater environmental and financial performance by developing and implementing circular business model strategies.
Expediting Digital Giving
Every.org is turbocharging a new wave of philanthropy by eliminating costly technological barriers for nonprofits.
Restoring Lost Voices
Syrinx is an AI-driven wearable device that returns human speech and, with it, human dignity.
Dismantling Racist Relics
Invisible Hate is a digital platform that informs the public about the racist history of America’s Confederate monuments so that they can take action.
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Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
The Missing Link in School Reform
American educators, policymakers, and philanthropists are overselling the role of the highly skilled individual teacher and undervaluing the benefits that come from teacher collaborations.
Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work
This follow-up on the popular “Collective Impact” article provides updated, in-depth guidance.