Smart Tourism
Global Himalayan Expedition turns adventure seeking into sustainable giving, creating electricity and employment in remote Indian villages.
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A Table for All
Food for Soul’s refettorios are feeding the poor, finding a solution to food waste, and building community spirit.
The Silent Pandemic of Violence Against Children
Together for Girls conducts research in collaboration with nations around the world to eradicate the systems that perpetuate sexual violence against girls.
The Struggle to Overcome Racism
The killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers has ignited protests and focused the national discourse on institutional racism and how to eradicate it. SSIR's editors have assembled a list of resources to help leaders of social change and activists trying to put an end to this intractable American scourge.
Nonprofit Advocacy and Democracy
Charitable organizations have become political intermediaries for corporations and other powerful interests. A research article in the Summer 2020 issue.
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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 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.
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.
Stop Raising Awareness Already
It’s time for activists and organizations to adopt a more strategic approach to public interest communications.
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.