Amid much discussion about the future of philanthropy, one mystery deserves more attention: Why does the giving of so many ...

Many modern philanthropists are building impact that lasts, though it may not look like the brick-and-mortar projects of ...

Lessons from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis on defending our neighbors and democracy ...

For every 100 people contacted, 58 individuals never became active participants. This analysis made the conversion bottleneck ...

I was interested to read “Why Don’t Philanthropists Build Anymore” in the Summer 2026 issue of Stanford Social Innovation ...

In 2014, the keynote speaker at the Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference told the attendees that we needed to stop talking about infant mortality. Since infant mortality was pretty much ...

For at least the last 25 years, the primary goal of K-12 schools in the United States has been “college for all”—the ideal that all high school graduates go to college. As a result, America’s schools ...

A response to SSIR’s Summer 2026 cover essay.

Many modern philanthropists are building impact that lasts, though it may not look like the brick-and-mortar projects of previous eras. These five dimensions are a helpful guide.

Lessons from Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minneapolis on defending our neighbors and democracy ...

Our work is not serving communities as well as we think. This may not be the message you’d expect from a corporate-social-responsibility leader. But we are fooling ourselves if we think we can ...