SSIR Online, Fall 2023 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about mental health, impact investing, climate funding, capacity building, and better people and culture practices.
Nonprofits & NGOs Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively
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Transforming Foundation Learning and Evaluation Into a Power Building Strategy
To build shared decision-making, foundations must put aside narrow definitions of rigor and embrace new understandings of accountability.
Strong Boards: An Antidote to Founder Syndrome
A strong leader’s assets can sometimes become organizational liabilities. But why? The problem might be within the structure of the organization itself.
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Compounding Unearned Advantage
An excerpt from Rich White Men on the life-changing impact of inherited privilege
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Supporting Advocacy Ecosystems to Build Power
Building power for the long term, means going beyond “The Win.”
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
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.
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.