Reclaiming Democracy: A Plea for Political Entrepreneurship
We face daunting challenges, but political institutions cannot cope; it's time to shake up the system.
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When a School Is Not Enough
The achievement gap between rich and poor is a complex and global challenge. Schooling alone is not meeting the needs of the poorest children. Innovative public-private partnerships for education could be part of the solution.
Tackling Overhead Together
Grantmakers and nonprofits must come to a mutual understanding of the true costs of change.
Transforming the Donor-Grantee Relationship
Effective giving requires strong personal relationships and networks.
Pro Bono Innovation
A look at the rise of pro bono and three trends in creative collaborations that are leading to larger-scale success.
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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.