Blinded by Cause
Sometimes the cause itself becomes a blind spot. Nonprofit leaders must build out the systems that carry their purpose. Otherwise, they’ll sabotage their impact.
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Advancing Economic Justice in Reactionary Times
A conversation with leading funders on effective responses to crisis, getting unstuck, and whether philanthropy is doing enough.
Crisis Decision-Making: What’s the Worst That Could Happen?
Making effective decisions under pressure isn't about listing the pros and cons, but about working with how the brain works to weigh what really matters.
Breaking Down Barriers to Mobile Health Care
Scaling mobile health care can address long-standing health-care system distribution and prevention problems in the United States that cost people their lives.
Rails, Not Rockstars
The Global South's AI revolution is here, if we bypass the hype and fund the infrastructure that will enable it.
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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.