Creating a Better World Means Asking Better Questions
By shifting the focus of social innovation from actions to the thinking behind those actions, social sector leaders can create a better world—a world different than the past.
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How and Why to Shut Down a Successful Nonprofit
A nonprofit that finds itself in a position of strength amid a rapidly changing world may do more for social change by handing its assets to another organization better equipped to navigate the future.
Integrating Individual and Organizational Well-Being
By supporting individual and team resilience, and by making small shifts to organizational life that enhance well-being, organizations can improve their effectiveness and contribute to a healthier overall culture for social change. Part of the Centered Self series.
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The Current and Potential Impact of COVID-19 on Nonprofits
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for nonprofits' services while damaging their finances and staffs. What can history tell us about surviving this crisis, and how can philanthropy help? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks to Amir Pasic of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University and Mary Jovanovich of Schwab Charitable. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
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Principles for Successful Cross-Sector Partnerships
In this excerpt of Partner with Purpose, Resonance founder Steve Schmida offers guidance on how to build management partnerships that deliver results.
Reestablishing Philanthropic Vitality After the Emergency
The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing nonprofits to reinvent themselves at lightning speed, and many foundations are supporting them ad-hoc. But when the dust settles, the social sector will need to take strategic steps to restore its philanthropic vitality and contribute to a post-COVID social contract. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
Investments in Racial Equity Need to Move Inland
Inland regions are rapidly diversifying, and leaders of color in places like the Inland Empire need investment. Philanthropy needs a new playbook for this intersection of racial equity and regional equity.
How to Ensure Medical Devices Help Communities in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Governments, foundations, and social enterprises that want to ramp up the production and distribution of medical equipment in response to COVID-19 and other ongoing threats need to assess the process holistically or risk overpromising and underdelivering on important aid. Part of a series on civil society's response to the pandemic.
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Efficiently and Effectively Supporting Those in Need
As the COVID-19 crisis continues to unfold with remarkable speed and scale, the philanthropic sector has stepped in to help people struggling with challenges related to the disease. What are those efforts and how might they be improved? SSIR publisher Michael Voss speaks with Patricia McIlreavy of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy and Fred Kaynor of Schwab Charitable. A sponsored podcast developed with the support of DAFgiving360.
