Adventures in Adaptation
One funder’s willingness to shift course strategically has been crucial to sustaining a decade-long education initiative.
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Sharing the Stage
The example of venture philanthropy in Europe shows how old and new forms of practice can coexist.
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Uncertain Legacy
Can the history of a century-old foundation amount to more than the sum of its grants?
Making Ideas Move
Investing in communication—whether you’re selling soda or social change—yields results.
A Wave Is Rising
Community foundations are seeing growing activity in building community wealth.
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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.