Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Impact Investing Can’t Deliver by Chasing Market Returns by Jim Bildner Is it possible to achieve both market returns and meaningful social returns? Zero-Problem Philanthropy by Christian Seelos “Social problems are like Hydra heads: cut one off, and more appear. Perhaps the issue is with problem-solving itself.

Civil Society 136

Civil Society Philanthropy Foundations Nonprofit Capacity 136

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 12, 2023

By Lior Ipp If you’ve been working in philanthropy for longer than a week, you’ve probably come across a report, analysis, or opinion piece about systems change. It’s everywhere. There are peer groups, conferences, webinars, blogs, and even schools dedicated to systems change.

Civil Society 98

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Philanthropy Food 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Philanthropy must facilitate the rapid spread of solutions by investing in networks. In my more than 20 years in philanthropy, I’ve observed five essential network features that drive exponential climate solutions. This networking led to the inclusion of civil society, businesses, and local organizations to enhance equity in the plans.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Energy Nonprofit Administration and Development Collaborations 132

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

Naming gifts provide donors with reputational and market value , what legal scholar William Drennan refers to as “ publicity rights ,” and beneficiary organizations and their constituents with financial and mission-driven value. Ethical egoism posits that fulfilling one’s duty to act out of self-interest is the highest moral calling.

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 5, 2020

Original post Since we started the Digital Civil Society Lab I’ve been invited to countless conferences, workshops, and philanthropic or corporate launches of “some kind of tech” for “some kind of good.” What commercial applications call externalities, civil society and the public sector exist to address.

Civil Society 59

Civil Society Ethics Participation and motivation Universities 59

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

Platform work has calcified structural inequalities around the world, particularly relegating women workers, especially from the Global Majority World, to the lowest labor market segments. We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 145

NonProfit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2023

Independent Sector is a broad cross-sectoral national membership organization that includes nonprofits, private foundations, and corporate giving programs with a mission to strengthen civil society. We were getting calls from other sectors: education called us, arts called us, philanthropy called us. We don’t have a CEO Circle.

Civil Society 86

Civil Society Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Social Policy Leadership 86

Philanthropy 2173

MARCH 20, 2020

Many things that defined philanthropy before it became a formalized, industry unto itself (early 1900s in the U.S.A.) But all the signs were there - connectivity, familiarity with direct giving (due to crowdfunding), cultural traditions of mutual aid that never went away, they only stopped being seen by the formal "counters" of philanthropy.

Civil Society 40

Civil Society Philanthropy Public Policy Law 40

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Meanwhile, countries on the “sending” side are positioning themselves to seek greater access to foreign labor markets. There are gaps in aspiring migrants’ knowledge of opportunities and how to navigate them, and they often struggle to overcome final hurdles such as language training or certifying their skills for the destination market.

Public and Social Policy 144

Public and Social Policy Finance Recruitment Poverty 144

Candid

JULY 2, 2021

billion to expand its work to increase options for and access to contraceptives in partnership with UNFPA Supplies Partnership , Family Planning 2030 , the Global Financing Facility , and the Shaping Equitable Market Access for Reproductive Health initiative.

Civil Society 91

Civil Society Governance Health Leadership 91

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Access to news is key to an engaged civil society, and without it, social worlds shrink and become suffused with disinformation and bias. When a few ultrarich entities prioritize profits over public information, stories are at a huge risk of being one-sided—or never made public at all.

Public and Nonprofit Management 113

Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management Civil Society Foundations 113

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Now, this level of surveillance—and the quantification of work it enables, along with never-ending calls for increased productivity—has broadened across the labor market. Part of the problem is that the technology driving workplace surveillance is moving faster than policy and regulatory agencies can keep up.

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Civil Society 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 9, 2024

And then we moved to rural New Mexico for a couple years where I really witnessed the wealth inequality that characterizes American society. And I didn’t think that philanthropy was solving the problem. Like I said at the very beginning, I didn't really like philanthropy. It felt like a good contribution, but not enough.

Public and Social Policy 132

Public and Social Policy Construction Law Civil Society 132

The Agitator

MARCH 13, 2018

I can’t remember who said it and thus can’t cite it, but there’s a great quote along the lines of “I know that taxes are the price I pay for civilized society and I am honored to pay them. Third, we are pushing for a culture of philanthropy. (I assume almost everyone is trying to minimize, not maximize their bill.

Taxation 65

Taxation Civil Society Philanthropy Nonprofits 65

EveryAction

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Marketing & Communications. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $675. Marketing & Communications / #DigiStratNY / @IEGroup. Marketing & Communications. The Agents of Change Summit’s vision is to establish the field of behavior change marketing as a catalyst for positive social change. Jan 16 - 19.

Nonprofit governance and management 105

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Associations Finance 105

EveryAction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Marketing & Communications. Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $125. The Agents of Change Summit’s vision is to establish the field of behavior change marketing as a catalyst for positive social change. Marketing & Communications / #DigiStratNY / @IEGroup. Marketing & Communications. Jan 17 - 19.

Nonprofit governance and management 77

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Associations 77

iMarketSmart

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Another questions, “If philanthropy is all about relationships, then why do metrics only measure money?”[3]. They’re just designed to succeed at two opposite ends of the market. One study looked at 24 fundraising/marketing metrics at 210 large charities.[15] Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 29 (5), 353-363. [8]

Fundraising 52

Fundraising Fundraising Public and Nonprofit Management Management 52

Philanthropy 2173

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Outsourced, unaccountable public services being delivered at below market rates surrounded by dark money flooded social welfare organizations designed to launder money into political power. Electoral politics, campaign finance. If you have to ask. Nonprofits as service providers. News and civic discourse. Where - Twitter? Facebook?

Children 40

Children Insurance Healthcare Universities 40

EveryAction

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications / #2016DML / @dmlconference. Marketing & Communications. Marketing & Communications / #affectconf / @AffectConf. Marketing & Communications. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference. Philanthropy Southwest 2016 Annual Conference.

Nonprofit governance and management 102

Nonprofit governance and management Finance Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit Administration and Development 102

EveryAction

APRIL 1, 2016

Philanthropy Southwest / Austin, TX / $625. American Marketing Association / Scottsdale, AZ / $1,000. The Agents of Change Summit aims to unify and expand the community of professionals using marketing and technology to change people’s health and lifestyle behaviors for social good. Yale Philanthropy Conference 2016.

Nonprofit governance and management 71

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Philanthropy 71