SSIR Online, Fall 2023 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about mental health, impact investing, climate funding, capacity building, and better people and culture practices.
Foundations New and innovative ideas for leaders of foundations
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Transforming Foundation Learning and Evaluation Into a Power Building Strategy
To build shared decision-making, foundations must put aside narrow definitions of rigor and embrace new understandings of accountability.
Investing in Black Women Leaders With the Dream Capital They Need
We all benefit when our most transformative change agents are given the time and resources necessary to dream big.
Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs
If funders want “less talk and more walk” in the field of systems change, it’s time they started funding small, locally led organizations.
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Strategy and Power Building
What the progressive movement can learn from military strategy
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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.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color
These leaders’ assets go beyond experiences of oppression or marginalization to include the connection, meaning, and joy they can draw on from their respective cultures and communities.
Working Wikily
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.
What the Heck Does ‘Equity’ Mean?
A clear definition of equity would seem paramount to galvanizing philanthropy into action around this increasingly used term—but the field is only beginning to explore what it really means.