Lessons from Inside a Nonprofit Accelerator “Boot Camp”
Four important insights that can help propel the work of the social good ecosystem.
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Evaluating Grantees: Learning from a Top-Performing Funder
One funder’s unusual reporting and evaluation system is proving very helpful to grantees.
The Failures of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and How Philanthropy Can Fix Them
Philanthropy needs to support climate justice, undercut the power of the fossil fuel industry, beware false solutions, and support clean energy.
How Individual Donors Can Help Build Movements
It’s difficult to know how—and where—to engage in risky work that may not yield results for a long time. Three lessons can help.
A Different Spin on a Market-Based Approach
Even foundations that don’t have an impact investment program can catalyze market-based social innovations by getting creative with how they structure their grants.
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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.
Centering Equity in Collective Impact
A decade of applying the collective impact approach to address social problems has taught us that equity is central to the work.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
Protest Movements Could Be More Effective Than the Best Charities
To do as much good as possible with limited resources, funders should look to woefully underfunded protest movements.
Overcoming the Racial Bias in Philanthropic Funding
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.