Why climate-related philanthropy must invest in the human capacities to get the work done.| ssir.org
The strategic alignment between business and corporate foundations, impact funds, and accelerators shows enormous potential for achieving social impact. But they can align in different ways, each with its strengths and weaknesses. A feature story in the S| ssir.org
A new toolkit to reinforce and reinvent American research science in a time of crisis.| ssir.org
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.| ssir.org
Seven actions social change leaders and machine learning developers can take to build gender-smart artificial intelligence for a more just world.| ssir.org
Is water in Sweden really 25 times more valuable than water in Mauritania?| ssir.org
The world is undergoing simultaneous economic, technological, geopolitical, environmental, and social changes that organizations cannot address alone. Only a collective approach to social innovation can solve for challenges that are too large for individual organizations.| ssir.org
As promoters and defenders of a free civil society, we at SSIR today find ourselves taking sides: We stand with you as allies against the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and abroad.| ssir.org
Nonprofits & NGOs| ssir.org
The core practices that define a trust-based approach can, through multiple pathways, lead to both increased resource efficiency and outsized impact.| ssir.org
How strategic capacity building and trust-based philanthropy can work in concert.| ssir.org
More nonprofits are managing their brands to create greater impact and organizational cohesion.| ssir.org
A look at how Switzerland radically and successfully changed its approach to drug policy following a heroin epidemic in the late 1980s and 90s, and what the effort teaches us about the social innovation process.| ssir.org
A simple but powerful exercise for teams of all sizes and types.| ssir.org
There is no one right answer to the question whether to pay out more during a financial crisis, which depends on balancing the needs of present and future beneficiaries and so varies depending on a funders’ goals and objectives. This is the keystone article for the Up for Debate series on foundations' payouts during big crises. Visit the series page for responses to this essay.| ssir.org
The economic crisis should spur nonprofits to focus on their mission and foundations to give more.| ssir.org
How companies are responding to US policy changes and what they should do instead| ssir.org
America needs a new story—one that is honest and inspiring, and that doesn’t shy away from its racial history—to guide us toward realizing a thriving multiracial democracy. Open access to this article is made possible by PolicyLink.| ssir.org
Network entrepreneurs are ensuring that systems-level, collaborative efforts not only succeed, but thrive.| ssir.org
The social sector needs new models for understanding what impact might be possible when the systems we operate in fall apart.| ssir.org
Funders must take the lead in breaking a vicious cycle that is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries.| ssir.org
Spending more today will mean having less for the future, but the current crisis is unprecedented and the financial trade-off is very modest.| ssir.org
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| ssir.org
They own a growing share of wealth, but the sector isn’t yet set up to meet their needs.| ssir.org
Dramatic advances in the scale and sophistication of strategic philanthropy have not improved societal conditions at a national level. We propose empowerment philanthropy as a new approach to fostering political and economic self-determination by supporting people in finding their own solutions and ensuring an effective multiracial democracy.| ssir.org
Because trust-based philanthropy shouldn’t mean blind faith.| ssir.org
How organizations can engage with AI in smart and ethical ways right now.| ssir.org
Without a clear understanding of the gaps in the market, it is difficult for impact investors to develop sound strategies to fill them.| ssir.org
Collective impact efforts must prioritize working together in more relational ways to find systemic solutions to social problems.| ssir.org
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society.| ssir.org
A four-part framework for increasing young refugees’ access to tertiary education.| ssir.org