For decades, nonprofits, governments, philanthropies, and corporations have been dogged by how to measure social impact. Many say the challenge is near-impossible: Every social intervention is ...

Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of ...

Three whys. Three times each. Pretty simple, yet if we really dig into those questions, discuss them with our teams, and ask ourselves what they reveal about where we are focusing our energy and what ...

How humanitarian organizations can use cost evidence to survive global aid's "Great Depression" and scale what works to save ...

Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of ...

By Jeannie Annan, Sarah Case & Justin Labeille. How humanitarian organizations can use cost evidence to survive global aid's ...

It would be hard to imagine a more challenging time than the present for the United States to confront a global public health crisis during which people are asked to trust their government, the ...

Without these tools, philanthropies drift toward "good-enough charity": organizations optimized for perpetuation rather than progress. With them, a different culture can emerge, one that treats scarce ...

The Next 10 Years of Impact Investment By Yasemin Saltuk Lamy, Christina Leijonhufvud & Nick O’Donohoe 1 To get an idea of where impact investment might be headed over the next decade, the authors ...

The design process begins with how philanthropists consider impact. A portfolio with more locally led organizations needs to be valued, specifically (though not exclusively), as an investment in the ...

Climate change and slavery form a vicious cycle. Collective action for a free and livable future is an opportunity to combat both at once.

Greta Byrum is director of the Just Tech program at the Social Science Research Council. Previously, she founded Community Tech NY, a nonprofit creating community-owned broadband ecosystems; built the ...