Grassroots Organizing and Preparing for the Unprecedented
It’s time to set new expectations for the role of people and movements in building a legitimate and truly representative US democracy.
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SSIR Guide to Fundraising and Philanthropy During a Chaotic 2020
As charitable organizations prepare for donor outreach at the end of a chaotic year marked by COVID-19, a volatile US election, and marches for racial justice, here are 12 articles to help them make the most of their efforts.
Platform Power to the People
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how digital tools can foster online engagement that leads to real benefits for working people.
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A New Era for Corporate Philanthropy
An overdue need to address social and health inequities has collided with compounding global crises, forcing businesses to reevaluate their values.
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Managing Through Crisis
Six lessons on how corporate philanthropies can strengthen community connection and communications.
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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.
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
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.
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.