This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When an organization rebrands, it has the opportunity to revamp its business approach and strategy as well. Yet doing so requires changing almost everything about the business. As humans, we’re…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women’s rights are human rights. It seems this should be obvious (and indisputable), like gravity. Women and girls make up about half of the world’s population, and therefore half of…
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani interviews Jeff Huckaby, President of Grimmway Farms and recently awarded Organic Farmer of the Year, and Laura Batcha, CEO and Executive Director of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the US continues to reckon with its long-simmering struggle against racial injustice, it is important to remember that racism is not just a homegrown problem – we are also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Independent Sector is in conversations with the Biden-Harris Transition Team on behalf of the nonprofit and philanthropic community about sector needs. In discussions, the Biden-Harris team asked Independent Sector for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most operational charities should not (be asked to) evaluate themselves because: They have the wrong incentive. Their incentive is (obviously!) to make themselves look as great as possible – evaluations are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and data analytics are powerful techniques used in private corporates to increase revenues and reduce costs. Data-driven strategies proved their efficiency in creating massive…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are currently witnessing a new wave of systems enthusiasm among philanthropic and development organizations eager to be identified as system leaders, with a host of implementing organizations and development…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today is the National Day of Racial Healing, which takes place each year the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This year, it also happens to fall on the day…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The past year has been a tumultuous and unprecedented one. The nonprofit sector continues to grapple with heightened economic and political uncertainty, new fundraising realities, cascading needs, and mounting concerns…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic posed excessive hardship in cities like Flint that were already dealing with structural inequalities and extreme health and wealth disparities. In March, Flint saw tremendous racial disparities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I have said for years that traditional nonprofit fundraising is broken. So broken. Because if you think about it, nonprofit fundraising is very much steeped in the scarcity mindset. The…