Development finance institutions, private foundations, and other types of investors have distinct questions about using catalytic capital. We must answer them help this branch of impact investing do more to solve pressing societal problems.
Nine super tactics and one superpower board chairs can use to make the most of the board experience and prime their organizations for success.
The conversion of government-owned or -controlled assets into charitable endowments, or "philanthropication through privatization," has succeeded around the world in creating effective foundations for social good.
Philanthropic dollars can play a unique role in catalyzing the public sector’s transformation toward data-driven leadership and decision-making.
Interviews with millennial donors from the Silicon Valley startup world and conversations with MBA students show a pattern of overreliance on certain for-profit principles in the nonprofit realm, despite potential flaws.
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
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.
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.
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.
