Parrying Philanthropy’s Critics
Beth Breeze’s In Defence of Philanthropy offers a passionate rebuttal to criticisms of giving that have dominated public discourse.
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SSIR Online, Spring 2022 Issue
A collection of standout pieces published online about blockchain for good, collective impact, overcoming racial equity fatigue, and carbon offsets.
Resistant Rice
New genome sequencing has produced saline-resistant and flood-tolerant rice.
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Beyond the Nation
An excerpt from Dismantling Global White Privilege on a postcolonial theory of change.
Fixing the S in ESG
How to move from net zero to net impact.
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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.