Unconventional Solutions
As we create new ideas and solutions to society’s problems, we have to be careful not to become too wedded to them and think that they are universally applicable.
Global Issues Innovations that address global challenges such as education, environment, and health
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Better Health Care, Higher Productivity
By providing factory workers with health care training, HERproject reduces absenteeism and turnover at some of the world’s biggest clothing brands.
An Agricultural Peace Dividend
In northern Uganda, home to one of Africa’s longest and most brutal civil conflicts, organic farming is producing economic growth and stability.
Data for Change
Data Without Borders matches tech-savy volunteers with organizations instead of data analysis.
Shrinking Your Plastic Footprint
Getting companies to reduce their use of plastic is the focus of the Plastic Disclosure Project.
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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.