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Building an Equitable Future by Centering Young Voices
Young people, especially ones from LGBTQ+ communities, are essential to achieving social change. Examples from Colombia show how to include them in decision-making.
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Thinking About Punishment
An excerpt from How Trust Works on the psychology of criminal justice reform
A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good
What’s the best way for small individual investors to generate returns and deliver impact? (Spoiler: It’s probably not an ESG fund.)
A Reparations Roadmap for Philanthropy
Philanthropy has a huge opportunity—and responsibility—to build a culture of repair both inside and outside their organizations.
How to Tell Real Stories About Impact
Going beyond social change Mad Libs means going deep with systems, movements, and real human emotions.
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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.