Making Sense of the Social Capital Landscape: Defining a Common Language
The new social capital market is great, but won't answer all of society's problems.
Socially Responsible Investing
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Securitizing Philanthropy
Let's not confuse financial innovation in philanthropy with excessive risk taking.
A Buyer’s Market for Change
Even in bad times, how can we afford not to make social improvements?
Donate for Return vs. Invest for Impact: Where Do You Stand?
The field of socially responsible investing is still in very wild and hostile territory.
A Coffee Shop for the Social Capital Market
The social capital market aims to have a positive impact on the planet.
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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.
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.
Rediscovering Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.