From Dependency to Self-Sufficiency
The Africa Governance Initiative aims to support a new generation of African leaders building strong, transformative government institutions.
Global Issues Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health
Latest
Redefining Community Foundations
The CEO of the largest merged community foundation in the world reflects on the changing interests and identity of its donors.
Review
Demographic Revision
The vast majority of neighborhoods in American cities do not "trade places." Instead, concentrated poverty and its opposite, concentrated affluence, are surprisingly persistent.
Review
Tales of an Entrepreneur
The author provides a rollicking and detailed recounting of what it takes to build a social business in Africa.
Review
When Life Imitates the Internet
Networks, equal access, and read-write products are no longer just core design elements of the Internet; we are making them real.
Most Popular
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.