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An excerpt from The Imperfectionists on problem-solving in uncertainty
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Re-Embracing the Work of Fundraising
A professional fundraiser suggests five ways to reverse the decline in charitable giving.
Cinemas as Second Learning Places in Japan
A nonprofit collaboration’s novel approach to addressing truancy and isolation in Japan.
Small Organizations: The Change That Systems Change Needs
If funders want “less talk and more walk” in the field of systems change, it’s time they started funding small, locally led organizations.
Affirmative Action Decision Is a Call to Double Down on Racial Equity
The Supreme Court ruled against affirmative action. But race-informed approaches to policy can still transform our institutions in ways that close equity gaps and benefit everyone.
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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.