Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 11, 2024

It erodes a high-functioning pluralistic democracy , compromises public health, and makes it impossible to solve collective problems like climate change. It is earned person by person, moving through large segments of society. American civil society institutions have an important role to play. Trust doesn’t just happen.

Civil Society 131

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Health Governance 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

At this uncertain time, as the potential use-cases of generative AI begin to become apparent, there are at least 10 things that funders can do to help the existing field of tech-related nonprofits—and society at large—better prepare. Building government (and civil society) capacity to use AI. Transparency and data access.

Civil Society 97

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Governance 97

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These volunteers—numbering nationwide in the tens of thousands—represent a form of civil resistance and autonomy, seeking to protect the ancestral way of life and Indigenous territory from violence and environmental destruction. According to reports , Guard members happened at one point to come across a tortoise.

Children 124

Children Civil Society Culture Health 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Women are seeing an increase in income and are able to send their children to school, access health care, acquire more land, and diversify their earnings through other small businesses.

Food 107

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 107

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 15, 2023

Governments representing deeply indebted nations are often unable to invest in health care, education, and other services, which, in turn, threatens their very political survival. For instance, some governments may perceive the imposition of environmental commitments as an infringement on their sovereignty.

Public and Social Policy 89

Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance Civil Society 89

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

The organizations are improving water and sanitation access, education quality, food security, and health equity, and a large majority take systems change approaches to their work. Since then, we’ve awarded grants to hundreds of organizations with budgets of less than $500,000 in dozens of countries.

Civil Society 97

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 97

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 16, 2023

This was a moment of reckoning within the climate movement: environmental justice advocates were rightfully mad at the ultimate outcomes done behind closed doors at the last minute, and other folks who are far more focused on carbon reduction were lauding the bill. It’s all carrots, very few sticks.

Public and Social Policy 72

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Public and Nonprofit Management Energy 72