Civic Crowdfunding: A New Way of Spending Down?
Civic crowdfunding shouldn't support core public services; it should create immediate impact and inform future projects.
Civic crowdfunding shouldn't support core public services; it should create immediate impact and inform future projects.
After Change.org placed petitions at the center of its platform, the size of its membership soared. But operating a high-volume petition site isn’t enough for its leaders. Includes magazine extras.
Behind the recent advance of gay marriage rights lies a decade of careful planning and diligent collaboration. Includes magazine extras.
In China, a new kind of NGO has started to embed the values of civil society in its provision of social services.
A new approach to strategy is producing collaborations that are replicable, scalable, and sustainable.
Nonprofits benefit when they carefully plan an extended role for founders who step down. Open access to this article is made possible by The Bridgespan Group.
From the archives: American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
Lending circles, self-help groups, and study circles are among the oldest and most effective tools for creating personal and social change.
Voluntary carbon offsets allow people to invest in projects that allegedly counteract their greenhouse gas emissions. But can voluntary offsets help slow global warming? Or are offsets a way for consumers to buy their way out of bad feelings?
A new report examines the relationship between place and race, and disconnected youth in the United States.