Amid much discussion about the future of philanthropy, one mystery deserves more attention: Why does the giving of so many ...

For every 100 people contacted, 58 individuals never became active participants. This analysis made the conversion bottleneck ...

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 ...

But trying to find a more graceful way to say it led me to the heart of what I believe: Giving can be simple. Giving is human ...

The totality of these interconnected factors is what we call freedom of choice. An analysis of more than 600 cases of ...

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

For most of us, participation on digital platforms has become a casual feature of modern life—from purchasing groceries to accessing entertainment, from getting a cab to scheduling an appointment with ...

Building power in communities now will protect them from the next threat to democracy. When Operation Metro Surge moved ...

One of the latest trends in the development world is leadership localization, a term that describes a usually Western funder’s effort to shift power to usually non-Western local communities, and thus ...

In an era of shrinking global aid budgets and growing pressure to deliver lasting social impact, governments, funders, and NGOs face a common challenge: how to scale what works. Many leaders point to ...