Making Big Bets for Social Change
How to close the gap between what donors say they want to achieve and where they actually put their money.
Philanthropy & Funding New and innovative ideas to help nonprofit leaders raise money, and to help funders and donors give more effectively
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A Checkup on PRIs
For one leading health funder, program-related investments promise to help underserved populations.
Donations Within Limits
MSF France has found an answer to the question of whether to accept corporate support—and it’s anything but simple
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Learning From Hubris
A project in Newark, N.J., produced cautionary lessons for both advocates and critics of education reform.
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The Price of Giving
A critique of the Gates Foundation doubles as a critique of the “philanthrocapitalism” model in general.
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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.