This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Evidence-based programs (EBPs) can help change the world — but only if they reach the world. Some interventions, which might reasonably be termed EBPs — such as the polio vaccine…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We often describe entrenched social issues, such as homelessness, as systemic issues. Such issues exist as part of a system, a complex network of causation and interconnection. Systems thinking recognises that to tackle…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The best thing about becoming a funder is that people have started laughing at my jokes… The relationship between funders and grantees is asymmetrical. One person needs money; the other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To give as much as possible, as fast as possible, or to limit giving to a rate that enables an in-perpetuity existence? These are questions that philanthropists and charitable foundations…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From 2007 to 2017, the number of giving circles—a group of volunteers who combine their financial resources and skills to solve social problems rooted in their local communities—tripled. This increasingly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After nearly a year of living through the biggest public health crisis in generations—with 100 million people infected, 2 million people dead, and almost everyone’s lives disrupted—the world is desperate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) is deeply concerned about the winter storm’s impact on communities of color, people living in poverty and other underserved communities. While it cannot go unnoticed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For nonprofits seeking to build their resilience, thinking long is essentially a judo move, where they adjust and respond to what’s thrown at them by turning a stronger opponent— spirit-sapping…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A life-destroying global pandemic. Anguished demands for racial and social justice. Millions of families in financial freefall. Whiplash change across the social sector and with it, unpredictable funding flows. These…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All Bill Drayton wants to do is change the world — so, pretty simple. In 1980 he founded Ashoka, a global association of social entrepreneurs whose flagship program provides up to three years of financial…
In Episode 7 — the Season 1 finale! — hosts Phil and Grace are joined by Melinda Tuan, a trusted adviser to foundations and major donors around the country and managing…
In Episode 6 of the Giving Done Right podcast, hosts Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette are joined by David Shapiro, CEO of MENTOR, a national nonprofit that works to drive equity through expanding quality mentoring…