Health-climate warning labels at gas pumps are gaining political momentum as research shows they can shift consumer attitudes ...

As concerns mount about social and environmental sustainability, an unlikely planetary hero has emerged: the accountant. A growing collection of investors, academics, and business leaders have ...

It’s easy to forget that a lot of policy decisions aren’t made by the politicians we see in the press every day. Often the real power to implement new ideas lies below the radar—with purpose-driven, ...

Storytelling is one of the greatest tools we have for engaging communities on complex social and environmental issues, in ways that can drive belief and behavior change. People are far more likely to ...

One glimpse at the August 2024 wildfire incident map of Western North America and one might have thought half the continent was on fire. Oregon had declared a statewide wildfire state of emergency ...

Collective impact tends to generate strong reactions. Mention it, and the person across from you will likely either extol its virtues or roll their eyes. Introduced in a 2011 SSIR article, the ...

This special supplement looks closely at the lessons the Orfalea Fund has learned about how to create effective partnerships with nonprofits, government agencies, and other philanthropies.

Since January, I’ve been traveling around the United States talking to audiences about my new book, The Almanac of American Philanthropy, and how private giving affects our nation. During these ...

I have spent more than six years working in the technology space as a user-experience researcher and designer. As an immigrant, Muslim-identifying, Iranian-Canadian woman, it didn’t take long to ...

In recent years, systems thinking—a discipline that helps us understand interdependent structures of dynamic systems—has emerged as a powerful force for change in the philanthropic world. Borne out of ...

The experimental study of campaign effects began approximately a century ago when Harold Gosnell, a pioneering political scientist at the University of Chicago, conducted controlled experiments to ...

Impact investing arises from a deep desire to use finance to address complex societal challenges such as poverty, climate change, and gender inequality. Yet, despite significant capital mobilization, ...