Is Foundation Grantmaking Biased?
Social movement and grassroots organizations left in the cold.
Global Issues Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health
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Not-So-Starving Artists
Artists for Humanity students are also employees.
The Problem with Bowling Alone
Respect, local community involvement, and identity politics.
The Teachers Parents Want
When parents have more school districts to choose from, schools are forced to hire teachers with more math and science skills who work harder and come from more selective colleges.
Bright Lights, Big Culture
Cities are building museums and symphony halls to spur growth.
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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.