A New Vision for Funding Science
Philanthropic investment can close the funding gap between science research and the commercialization of science-based products.
Philanthropic investment can close the funding gap between science research and the commercialization of science-based products.
A Silicon Valley start-up that operates earth-orbiting imaging satellites is making them available to social innovators.
Seven lending organizations are teaming up to meet the large-scale needs of smallholder farms in the developing world.
A team of social innovators is devising ways to put urban India on track to a tidier future.
Taking a lead from LEED certification, a new standard aims to promote healthy construction of homes, offices, and other structures.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
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.
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.
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.