Securing Our Energy Future
A cleaner, more decentralized energy system will provide a healthier and more secure future.
Big Picture Commentary and analysis on social innovation ideas and approaches
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When Collaboration Doesn’t Make Sense
When should organizations build new capabilities in-house, rather than work with a partner?
Sequestering the Sector
With the threat of a sequester looming, the charitable sector risks being boxed in.
Defining Impact Investing: A Call to Action
It is time to clarify precisely what we mean by investing with the intent to create social and environmental impacts, and measuring our progress.
Has Venture Philanthropy Passed Its Peak?
We keep searching for the next new thing—at the expense of the tried-and-true.
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What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
Five practical considerations for organizations that want to use intentional influence to achieve a bold social goal.
The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.