Turning Short-Term Crisis Relief Into Longer-Term Social Innovation
How civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa are resisting the all-too-common return to pre-crisis “normal.”
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Scaling Big in India: Leveraging Behavioral Science to Help Feed Millions
A look at how a community kitchen initiative in India used insights from behavioral science to rapidly scale its services, delivering 4.5 million meals to homeless migrant workers even as the country instituted the world’s largest lockdown to combat COVID-19.
River Helpers
New research indicates that prawns offer an unlikely solution for an infectious disease in Senegal.
A Digital Lifeline in a Public Health Crisis
Five lessons from a global development organization in Bangladesh that used a digital cash transfer program to help poor families struggling with COVID-19. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Driving Water-Scarce Food Solutions
Securing Water for Food supports entrepreneurial innovations aimed at helping farmers in developing nations maximize food production and minimize water usage. A Field Report from the Summer 2020 issue.
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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.
Retailing with Heart
At Panera Cares cafés, there’s a donation box where customers pay on the honor system.
Disseminating Orphan Innovations
Disseminating innovations takes a distinct, sophisticated skill set, one that often requires customizing the program to new circumstances, not replicating.
Fast Food and the Family Farm
It’s time to reform how we grow food and what we have for dinner, says Bruce Boyd, principal and managing director at Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors.
Building Supply Chains Where Smallholder Farmers Thrive
How businesses can transform procurement practices to strengthen farmer livelihoods and improve environmental impacts.