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Closing the Feedback Loop
A new program gives nonprofits the resources to listen more closely to the people they serve.
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Unintended Consequences
How a strategic investment steered an educational-technology startup into trouble.
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Banking on the Poor
Using the off-grid solar revolution to unlock credit for low-income customers in Africa.
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Guaranteed Impact
Increasing supplies and cutting prices for contraceptives without spending a dime.
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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.