SSIR Online, Winter 2023 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about 990 data, local social networks, measuring impact, and nonprofit burnout.
Nonprofits & NGOs Innovative ideas to help leaders of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations work more effectively
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What Large, Unrestricted Gifts Do for Nonprofit Leaders
A study of MacKenzie Scott’s early giving reveals how transformational generous general operating support can be.
Funding Equitable Abortion Access in Battleground States
To secure abortion rights, philanthropy must invest in the agency and power of impacted communities.
Cultivating a Just Climate Philanthropy
How climate funding and policy exclude those who experience the worst effects of climate change, and how investing in smallholder farmers can help right the ship.
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Overcoming the Myth of Separateness
In the context of leadership, separation manifests as leadership by domination—those trying to achieve power over others rather than finding power with others.
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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.