Philanthropy
Inventing and Reinventing a Philanthropy Model in India
Deval Sanghavi, head of the venture philanthropy fund Dasra, describes his work testing and building new platforms for giving in India.
Tag: Donors
Technology & Design
Libraries as Laboratories
In Accra, Ghana, social entrepreneurs are working to reinvent the public library for the 21st century.
Fundraising
The Science of Donor Connection
A state-of-the-art database gives nonprofit leaders a tool for building relationships with potential funders.
Individual Giving
Don’t Just Aggregate Funds, Unleash Them!
Raising money is just part of the social change equation—an interview with Helen LaKelly Hunt and Emily Nielsen Jones of Women Moving Millions.
Foundations
On Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Measuring Impact
Don’t let evaluation distort your mission.
Measuring Social Impact
Impact, Not Overhead, Is What Counts
A look at barriers global NGOs face in reporting the right measures of effectiveness—and how funders and grantees can begin to overcome them.
Corporate Philanthropy
Google Giving: Calibrating Moon Shots
When we back only proven and incremental ideas, we miss out on the opportunity to test new ones that could potentially change millions of lives.
Philanthropy
Tackling Overhead Together
Grantmakers and nonprofits must come to a mutual understanding of the true costs of change.
Philanthropy
The Promise of Effective Altruism
The effective altruism movement has the potential to create an aspirational anchor, which may change giving practices over time.