This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School transitions bring considerable change for students. One particular tension is the increase in responsibility that happens when students go to high school, combined with less supervision and less support.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A small group of foundations have been early movers in small segments of the impact investing market. But we have a long way to go before we can claim victory,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With 800 million people living in poverty in India, social change is not an option but a necessity, says the team at Dasra. “Given the scale and complexity of challenges in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are encountering a nonprofit sector, the organizations that we are privileged to fund and do our work with and through, who are being stymied in their efforts to speak…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit GiveWell recently announced its top charities for the 2017 giving season, with two new organizations making the list. The annual ranking evaluates charities’ impact in terms of lives saved or improved…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is a movement afoot of funders and philanthropists who want to make more progress on issues and in communities. Some are challenging themselves to be more focused, others are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most people know when they are about to turn 40. Some decide to draw the curtains and hide away, while others opt to party into middle age. Few, however, forget…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Need an extra boost of inspiration? Starbucks is at your service. Just in time for Giving Tuesday, the Starbucks Foundation announced the 27 winners of its “Upstanders” challenge, awarding $25,000…
ENGAGE helps strengthen the capacity of grantmakers to support and leverage networks in service of their social impact goals. The information in this guide is designed to help guide grantmaking…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In this 2017 talk, Innovations for Poverty Action’s Heidi McAnnally-Linz argues the evidence movement has been successful at designing and evaluating effective solutions, but that it now should move to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If the impact investing industry takes the intention to generate positive impact as seriously as financial return, the adoption and formalization of impact due diligence systems are an important next…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Carbon offsets have delivered many millions of dollars to finance cookstoves, for better or worse–probably, alas, for worse. Since the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves was formed in 2010, so-called clean cookstoves…