Philanthropy Must Stand, Deliver, and Listen
Any response to this moment must include careful reflection on philanthropy's role in a democratic society.
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Three Priorities for Science Philanthropy
How philanthropy can help sustain scientific discovery in a changing research landscape.
Thesis-Driven Funds: A New Model for Transformational Philanthropy
Many wealthy donors are missing out on opportunities to make transformative investments such as creating a new scientific field or sparking the Green Revolution.
What’s Inside the House: Is Org Design Derailing Your Foundation’s Strategy?
As philanthropy adapts to new challenges, internal design choices can either facilitate or stand in the way of strategic dynamism.
The Future of Innovation Is Collective
The world is undergoing simultaneous economic, technological, geopolitical, environmental, and social changes that organizations cannot address alone. Only a collective approach to social innovation can solve for challenges that are too large for individual organizations.
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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.