Investments in discovering and developing new solutions to address climate change are woefully low and have even been falling. Sarah Kearney and Scott Burger discuss how can philanthropists help.
Philanthropists and other impact investors play a critical role in funding risky, early-stage startups developing science-based solutions to climate change.
To prevent drastic climate change, philanthropists must invest more in nascent solutions ignored by traditional capital markets.
Swades Foundation is working to break nonprofit community development efforts out of their silos in India.
Showing enthusiasm is essential for securing crowdfunding dollars.
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.
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Racial bias creeps into all parts of the philanthropic and grantmaking process. The result is that nonprofits led by people of color receive less money than those led by whites, and philanthropy ends up reinforcing the very social ills it says it is trying to overcome.
