The New Bottom Billion
According to a new analysis, most of the world’s poor no longer live in the poorest countries.
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Virtue or Else
Under the EPA’s Audit Policy, violators who voluntarily report themselves can get certain penalties reduced or waived if they commit to ongoing self-regulation.
Nonprofits Don’t Really Care About Diversity
Nonprofit staff isn’t very diverse. Nonprofit boards aren’t very diverse. Nonprofits need more diversity.
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Bringing Fair Trade to Indigenous Farmers
COO of Bats'il Maya Alberto Irezabal talks about the social environment in Chiapas that led to the founding of the organization, and how the co-op works.
Adapting to the “Unreliable Patron”: Sustaining Access Missions with Entrepreneurial Universities
The meaning and function of college in our society has changed.
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Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
The Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Design Thinking for Social Innovation
By working closely with the clients and consumers, design thinking allows high-impact solutions to social problems to bubble up from below rather than being imposed from the top.
The Science of What Makes People Care
Five principles based in social science that will help organizations connect their work to what people care most about.