Philanthropy should be about making great things happen that would not happen otherwise. One of its best uses is to develop solutions, prove them out, and set them up for scale. Big bets provide an ...
Individual vs. institutional donors is a fundamental distinction in philanthropy and fundraising. But what if the line is not ...
How can social entrepreneurship promote social justice? An unlikely source provides an unambiguous and practical framework.
It may also help explain why the homeownership gap between Black and white Americans has barely changed at all since 1960.
Realistically there will always be a gap between need and funding in the humanitarian sector. How can we do more for the ...
The Healing Force of Family Hosted by Jonathan Levine 1 Even before the pandemic, India’s public hospitals struggled with overcrowding and stretched resources. Noora Health is helping by training ...
The unmet needs of disadvantaged people living in developing countries pose a complex challenge for development planners, but like many challenges, it also provides an opportunity for creative ...
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In an area outside Hyderabad, India, between the suburbs and the countryside, a young woman—we’ll call her Shanti—fetches water daily from the always-open local borehole that is about 300 feet from ...
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there, the Cheshire Cat tells Alice when she asks for directions in Wonderland. But what if Alice had known exactly where she wanted to end ...
Every year, thousands of nonprofit boards face the daunting task of hiring a successor to replace the seemingly irreplaceable: the long-serving, beloved founder. The transition is fraught with anxiety ...
The scale and complexity of the US public education system has thwarted attempted reforms for decades. Major funders, such as the Annenberg Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Pew Charitable Trusts have ...