This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From peer-to-peer events to crowdfunding, nonprofits are enjoying the fruits of donors’ independent initiative like never before. The next up-and-coming trend might be giving circles, with tens of millions of…
With so many urgent societal problems needing time, attention and resources aimed at solutions, do we really need to invest in understanding and improving the way people give money away?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Public-private partnerships are all the buzz in the African health sector, where financing is in short supply. Just four African countries have met domestic spending targets for the sector, and many see…
In this episode of CaseyCast, the Population Reference Bureau’s Linda Jacobsen talks with the Foundation’s Lisa Hamilton about current demographic survey approaches, challenges and results. Their conversation covers — among…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Grantmakers for Education (GFE) recently released a case study — which also features the work of the Lumina Foundation – that chronicles our ongoing efforts at NewSchools to become a more diverse,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Raising money for charity is one thing. Knowing where to give it is another. When some charities are 100 times more effective than others, a world champion poker player knows…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week I attended the launch of the book, Engine of Impact: Essentials of Strategic Leadership in the Nonprofit Sector by William F. Meehan III and Kim Starkey Jonker, with a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past 20 years, tremendous progress has been made in global health. Diseases such as malaria, diarrheal illness, pneumonia, and measles have decreased worldwide, as have rates of maternal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Skoll Foundation recently became a proud signatory of the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment. The PRI are a set of six voluntary and aspirational principles that offer a menu of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With the rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program moving into full force in spring 2018, an average of 915 young unauthorized immigrants will lose their work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On November 28, 2017 — every nonprofit you can think of will be running a #GivingTuesdaycampaign. We took a look at some of the examples and case studies provided by Giving Tuesday,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The social impact sector in developed and developing countries needs to innovate their financing structures so that the rising demand for social intervention programming is matched by an expanding supply…