Giving Blind
Watch dog organizations don't reach most donors.
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Global Diseases, Local Needs
The diseases that get funded tend to be the ones for which funders can take credit.
Governing Innovation
New York’s Center for Economic Opportunity tests new antipoverty programs from the mayor’s office.
Journey into Brazil’s Social Sector
The founder of the first social fund in Brazil tells his story.
On-Ramp for Entrepreneurs
Venture for America launches two-year apprenticeships for aspiring entrepreneurs.
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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.
Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.