By Kirsty Newman & George Kronnisanyon Werner. Shifting away from rote learning requires more than ...

Evidence can identify interventions that have worked under specific conditions. But it does not account for whether those conditions exist in practice or whether systems are capable of creating them.

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 ...

Shifting impact investment toward market creation means doing a lot more than changing how we talk about what we do.

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

Technology is essential to the success of nonprofits. Digital tools enable organizations to automate operations, access new audiences, reimagine programs, and assess their impact with greater clarity ...

Building power in communities now will protect them from the next threat to democracy. When Operation Metro Surge moved ...

Nonprofit governance is tough and getting tougher. As a result, nonprofit boards are increasingly challenged to consistently deliver high-quality governance. Well-intentioned efforts to improve ...

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

You can feel it when you walk into a mutualist space for the first time—whether it’s a worker cooperative in North Carolina, a community garden, a labor-housing cooperative, a cohousing group in New ...