The social sector has seen an explosion in collaborative funds over the last 15 years, representing a significant shift in the philanthropic sector. This article series, sponsored by The Gates Foundation, invites practitioners, donors, and advisors to reflect on the impact of collaborative funds—what has worked well? What could work better? And how can the field advance even greater positive change?
A look at how donor collaboratives have evolved over time, and how fund leaders and donors can sharpen their strategies today.
Forty years ago, FUNDES launched to serve small enterprises in Latin America. The organization had to reinvent itself many times to survive but continues to support the region’s economic and social development. | Open access to this article made possible by the University of Geneva
The landmark in Plains, Georgia, gives a nod to the late president’s big grin and humble beginnings.
Urbanist Nicholas Lalla offers a playbook for tech-led economic development in midsize cities, avowing that inclusive growth can offset the worsening wealth inequities that the tech sector has helped generate.
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.
