What Makes Civic Associations Work
What makes a civic association effective is not so much the resources and opportunities available to it, but good leaders.
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Future of the Health Care Reform
Experts from medical and public health fields offer opinions on the Affordable Health Care Act.
Community Building in a Big Backyard
We should strive to create a thriving community both online and offline.
Youth Ideas: A Rich Resource
The energy, imagination and participation of youth is critical to overcoming global challenges.
The Nonprofit Summer Slide
Innovative ideas for preventing summer learning loss in children might benefit nonprofits too.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.
What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.