Pumping Prosperity
ApproTEC’s pumps are designed and marketed with an understanding of the culture and psychology of African farmers.
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Nonprofits and the Net
Tight budgets and a lack of technical know-how are keeping nonprofits off the web.
An Accidental Good
How savvy social entrepreneurs seized on a tax loophole to raise billions of corporate dollars for affordable housing.
Behind the Glitter
Tiffany and Co. moves to get African “conflict diamonds” out of its stores.
From Roadblocks to Road Rage
Lessons on neighborhood cooperation from a neighborhood torn apart.
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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.