The 10 Most Popular SSIR Articles of 2017
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Reigniting Leaders’ Passion to Advance Equity
PolicyLink President Michael McAfee shares how he “lives” the work of equity by promoting just and fair inclusion to help form a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.
Catastrophic Times: Leadership, When Everyone Is Down
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, a nonprofit leader shares lessons on preparedness, collaboration, and resilience.
The Problem with Donor-Advised Funds—and a Solution
Commercial national charities in the United States are warehousing billions of dollars that should be going to mission-driven nonprofits.
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Leading Through Turbulent Times
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt’s tenure at the organization has coincided with the 2016 US election, a rise in hate crimes and hate groups, and an increase in cyber-hate.
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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.