From Direct Action to Advisory Services: A Pathway to Scale for Social Entrepreneurs
By taking on an advising role, an organization can scale a core innovation with less demand on its resources than would be required through direct action alone.
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The Collaborative Mind-set for Scaling Social Change
Two approaches for nonprofits that want to work effectively with the government in India.
Building Community by Sharing Books
Little Free Libraries draw neighbors together on street corners, on school campuses, and in police stations.
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Out of the Lab and into the Frontline
How embracing uncertainty can help cultivate Canada’s social R&D ecosystem.
The Radical Frugality Mind-set for Scaling Social Change
How successful Indian nonprofits reduce costs while extending impact, even when scarcity abounds.
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How Nonprofits Get Really Big
Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.
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.
The Adoption of Innovation
How do innovations move from the edges to the core of what an organization does? For maximum impact, innovations must cease to be innovative and become institutionalized and normalized.
Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
Impact evaluations are an important tool for learning about effective solutions to social problems, but they are a good investment only in the right circumstances.
Scaling Impact
Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.