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Little Free Libraries draw neighbors together on street corners, on school campuses, and in police stations.
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Taking Kids Off the Streets in Nigeria
Street Priests ministers to the homeless children of Calabar, Nigeria, to help them find a better path.
Women, Prosperity, and Social Change in India
Social enterprise, which promises both economic empowerment and social trans-formation, is driving tremendous positive change in the lives of women in India. But it is also at the heart of a growing debate about the past and future of India's social sector.
Nonprofit Crime Reduction
Community organizations devoted to reducing crime have shown results.
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Organizations for All
When the rights and benefits of formal organization became available to all, it unleashed a new social order and greater economic dynamism.
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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 Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.