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 ...

Billions in donor-advised funds (DAFs) sit like honey crystallizing in forgotten jars—sweet but inert—while urgent social needs multiply beyond the glass. According to a recent report from the Donor ...

When Rina arrives at the Amazon warehouse, she swipes an employee ID. The sensors inside allow her past the door and then track her location as she moves through the giant facility each day. She ...

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.

Collaboration is appealing in concept but challenging in practice. While extensive resources—including ones from the Community Tool Box, The Intersector Project, and NewNetworkLeader.org—exist online ...

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