Reimagining the Request for Proposal
As currently structured, requests for proposal (RFPs) are counterproductive to social change efforts. We must redesign granting systems to empower the communities in which we work.
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Electability Bias Against Female Candidates
Even voters who favor female candidates may withhold support because of worries about their ability to win.
Elites, Citizens, and International Organizations
The public trusts major international organizations far less than the ruling class.
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Grantmaking as Governance
Claire Dunning’s Nonprofit Neighborhoods examines how the US government funded the growth of—and delegated governance to—the nonprofit sector.
SSIR Online, Summer 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about nonprofit boards, hybrid meetings, Web3, ESG, and public interest technology.
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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.