Philanthropy & Funding
Putting Homeownership Preservation on Philanthropy’s Agenda
Three ways funders can have impact on a problem that is critical to closing the racial wealth gap.
Cities Social innovations that improve the health and resiliency of cities
Cities
Not Building From Scratch
The city of Paris is turning empty properties into homes to relieve a supply-strapped housing market.
Arts & Culture
Real Estate for the Artists
CAST provides art organizations a pathway to property ownership, giving artists much-needed space to create and display their work.
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Revitalizing Korea’s Small Cities
How the urban revitalization project Localize Gunsan breathed new life into a declining area by applying a pacer model that supports young entrepreneurs for an extended time.
A Sideways Approach to Governing
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is seeking to improve his city by going neighborhood by neighborhood.
Making the Case for Equitable Housing
Abundance and justice aren't mutually exclusive. Narrative lessons from three major advocacy movements of recent years.
SSIR’s 2025 Social Innovation Reading List
Highlights of this year’s book reviews and excerpts on topics including gun violence prevention, cash transfers, refugees, regenerative agriculture, adapting to climate change, reinventing solidarity, and more.
Review
The Power of Redemptive Love
Jason Corburn and DeVone Boggan's Advancing Peace explores a striking model for addressing urban gun violence without police.
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Innovative Solutions for the Housing Crisis
Six pathways to making housing more affordable and available from the Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability.
Inside Switzerland’s Radical Drug Policy Innovation
A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.
How 20 Years of Education Reform Has Created Greater Inequality
How standardized testing, gentrification, school choice, and economic downturn have widened inequality to create an existential threat to democracy.
To End Homelessness, the Energy of Money Must Change
How government and philanthropy can unlock the billions needed to shelter America’s unhoused