Zeroing in on Impact
In an era of declining resources, nonprofits need to clarify their intended impact.
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The Working Poor
The working poor are neither helpless nor omnipotent.
Making Change
Why does the social sector need social movements?
Money Talk
Top foundation leaders reveal how they set payout rates, executive salaries, and trustee compensation.
Why Measure?
Nonprofits use metrics to show that they are efficient. But what if donors don’t care?
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.