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In this panel discussion, experts address how the social sector must ask the right questions when developing metrics.
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More foundations are deploying a full range of financial investment vehicles to yield positive social and financial returns, and using new tools to track impact data.
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Ned Breslin and Jacob Lief discuss funding for long-term impact in the current philanthropic system.
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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.