Foundations New and innovative ideas for leaders of foundations
Latest
sponsored
Returns on Investment
How a broad bet on a biotech company paid off in promising drugs for neglected diseases.
sponsored
Private Financing for Public Education
Investing in collaboration between public school districts and charter school networks.
Charity Versus Innovation
The response by US foundations to federal welfare reform in the 1990s illuminates their role in policy development.
A Chorus for Wildlife
How World Wildlife Fund helped organize a global clarion call to stop wildlife crime.
Most Popular
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.