We need big bet philanthropy. We also need it to change.
In a fragmented impact ecosystem, ed-tech needs collaboration to prioritize education over technology.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ed-tech-partnership-industry
Leaders of several intermediary organizations share how they envision their role within—and how they ultimately hope to upend—the philanthropic landscape.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/movement-accountable-intermediaries-philanthropy
Investments in digital innovation have the potential to greatly expand access to education, but creating new, high-quality, low-cost, and scalable learning platforms requires broad collaboration.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/removing_barriers_to_quality_education_in_the_mena_region
Unrestricted grants produce powerful impacts, but we won’t see more of them until we address the hidden barriers.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/unrestricted-funding-barriers
A new data-based initiative is helping businesses measure the racial equity of their workforce and take steps to improve it.
What looks like racial progress at many nonprofits can set up leaders of color to fail.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/nonprofit-leadership-challenges-BIPOC-leaders
Building a more equitable, effective, and efficient social sector will require understanding and addressing these risks.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/social-impact-data-standardization-risks
Because equity is not the status quo, international development practitioners must adopt intentional best practices.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/equitable-ai-in-the-global-south
Comprehensive reparations are fundamental to realizing our highest democratic ideals.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/reparations-multiracial-democracy-united-states
Thinking strategically about how nonprofits should respond to potentially polarizing world events.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/nonprofit-communications-public-statements
Why vast numbers of young Koreans are experiencing extreme social withdrawal, and how to help them re-engage with society.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/solutions-social-isolation-south-korea
The “India Stack” provides a model for how developing economies can empower informal business and drive inclusive growth.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/digital-public-infrastructure-developing-world
There are exciting possibilities, but we are also facing a deafening cacophony of scientific communication, and much of it will not be positive.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/science-communication-artificial-intelligence
Measuring how long impact lasts can be difficult, but nonprofits and donors should make the effort.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/searching-for-durable-change
Colonialism has contributed to enduring power imbalances between Okinawa and mainland Japan, but there is a path forward through policy change.
In an “ecosystem” approach, different theories of change reinforce and strengthen each other.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/organizers-and-mobilizers-working-together
As the world of work is reshaped by AI, there are opportunities within the critical, fast-growing care sector to enable and support a workforce facing acute shortages.
After myriad funder press releases and pledges, both racial equity and racial justice grantmaking dropped significantly between 2018 and 2021.
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/education-philanthropy-racial-justice
Is it possible for modern capital fundraising to be grounded in socially just principles?
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ethics-of-building-naming-gifts