Nonprofit leaders often grapple with the question of how big their organization will need to get to have the impact they aspire to. Inevitably, that question is coupled with the question of where the ...

An excerpt from Beyond Belief on building the evidence revolution in Washington ...

In these new models, school becomes a place where learning feels alive because it is lived—and success is defined by how ...

Imagine building a university from the ground up, and doing it specifically with 21st-century students in mind. It would mean no baggage, no legacy systems, and no outdated curricula. It would also ...

Tools such as AI-enabled analysis, automated research, and real-time feedback mechanisms are helping these groups replace static records with living, evolving views of network activity tailored to ...

For foundations, the path to achieving racial equity starts with a simple choice: Do you use your endowment to maintain the status quo, or do you align your investments with your mission? When I came ...

In 2011, the original Stanford Social Innovation Review article, “Collective Impact,” found fertile ground in Australia, describing and validating an approach pioneered by a small number of Australian ...

Most students will spend more time at work than in any other activity after graduation. If we want public education to ...

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 ...

One evening in the early 1970s, Michael Pachovas and a few friends wheeled themselves to a curb in Berkeley, Calif., poured cement into the form of a crude ramp, and rolled off into the night. 1 For ...

Since the 2016 election, many philanthropic organizations have invested in programs that promote democracy, including work to improve civic organizing, government transparency, and community-led ...

The idea for the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), one of the world’s leading investigative journalism outlets, took shape when Romanian reporter Paul Radu and American ...