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Gather, Share, Build

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Nithya Ramanathan & Jim Fruchterman Recent milestones in generative AI have sent nonprofits, social enterprises, and funders alike scrambling to understand how these innovations can be harnessed for global good. In order to build a complex machine, we first need to invest in the nuts and bolts. Take the example of vaccination records.

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From Impact Investing to “Impact-First” Investing—What Is the Field Learning?

NonProfit Quarterly

billion) in assets under management and a 30-year track record, isnt wrong per se. That is the central conclusion of a new report released last December by Boston Impact Initiative , a nonprofit place-based investor in the Boston area and a promoter of the field nationwide. Each fund is unique.

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Why ‘big bets’ matter more than ever: Supporting nonprofits with flexible, long-term, ‘durable’ capital 

Candid

These conversations often center on concerns that the growing cohort of big bet funders, including Lever for Change, are unwittingly encouraging mission creep and unsustainable growth among nonprofits that might be better off with smaller budgets and ambitions. This is not the time for timid philanthropy.

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Sharing Meals

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In contrast to systems like energy, transportation, or health care, where expertise is more well defined, food expertise tends to be irrefutable, requiring no advanced degree or professional experience. Finally, imagine the food scraps left over in these community members’ kitchens.

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Why we’re still waiting for the ‘AI moment’ that will transform grantmaking 

Candid

Artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every industry, from finance to health care to retail. Breakthroughs in drug discovery, medical imaging, and precision agriculture that enable scientists to predict early-stage drug performance and suggest optimal timing for farmers to plant crops highlight the sweeping potential of this technology.

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The AI Mirror—How to Reclaim Our Humanity in the Age of Machine Thinking

NonProfit Quarterly

The AI Mirror by DALL-E 3/OpenAI.com/DALLE Editors note: This piece is from Nonprofit Quarterly Magazine s winter 2024 issue, Health Justice in the Digital Age: Can We Harness AI for Good? Well, those models have failed spectacularlyand routinelyin many different countries.

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What Does Centering Native Justice Require? A New Report Has Answers

NonProfit Quarterly

One involves the unfilled legal, moral, and economic obligations established by hundreds of treaties with the US government. And a third are limits on Native representation in the US government itself. The authors also emphasize that sustainable agriculture practices work with rather than at the expense ofthe land (39).