Grand Strategy and the Social Innovation Ecosystem
Let’s move beyond our own self-interest and restructure our ecosystem for the challenges yet to come.
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Philanthropy Needs to Focus on “Who,” Not Just “How”
When we rethink the fundamentals of philanthropy, we unlock its potential to create lasting, positive social change.
Seize the Future by Harnessing the Power of Data
A look at the data assets we can build on.
Shifting Power to African Organizations
Local social enterprises need support for scaling up.
Building Connections by Design
Innovative solutions come from leaders who are constantly colliding and combining.
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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.