From the Past to the Future
How philanthropy can help build a more resilient and equitable food system through agroecology
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Gather, Share, Build
Why data is one of the biggest challenges to leveraging AI for social good—and how the social sector can address it
Reimagining Business Ownership in the Global South
Alternative forms of enterprise ownership have the potential to enable economic development in more inclusive and equitable ways.
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Nine Conditions for Scaling
An excerpt from This Little World: A How-To Guide for Social Innovators on proven strategies for increasing the relative size and scope of a social impact project
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The Complexity of Charitable Impact
How do nonprofits and their donors define and measure impact? Kimberly Pfeifer of Oxfam America, Stephanie Gillis of Raikes Foundation, and Fred Kaynor of DAFgiving360 join SSIR editor Barbara Wheeler-Bride to share their perspectives on social impact and tracking philanthropic success. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360
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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.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.