Participants are not simply the intended beneficiaries of nonprofit programs. Their organizational experience, in addition to their program experience, should guide nonprofit management to achieve more meaningful social impact.
With environmental devastation and social injustices pushing the planet to the breaking point, a stronger environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings system is needed to ensure investors get the positive impact they're paying for.
Advice for nonprofit managers on playing the long game when the world turns upside down.
Creating a solid strategic plan for charitable giving is a challenging but important process that helps donors ensure their gifts generate the desired impact. What is the best approach? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Stasia Washington at First Foundation Advisors and Shawn Jensen at Schwab Charitable to find out. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
The growth of double bottom line and impact investing can give nonprofits new ways to raise funds and opportunities to grow their influence.
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.
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
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.
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.
