Live from CoF: How to Break Down the Firewall
What sparked life-time trustees, who once saw investments only in terms of financial returns, to embrace program-related investments?
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Review: How to Change the World
Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.
Review: Civic Revolutionaries
Cross-sector collaboration is the key to community revitalization.
Secret Agents
Find out why Method home products keep their eco-friendliness under very attractive wraps.
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The New Economy of Nature
The authors describe a new approach to environmental conservation that takes market realities into account, rather than relying on philanthropy and altruism.
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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.
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.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Microfinance Misses Its Mark
Despite the hoopla over microfinance, it doesn't cure poverty. But stable jobs do. If societies are serious about helping the poorest of the poor, they should stop investing in microfinance and start supporting large, labor-intensive industries.