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The Social Impact Investment Mirage

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Last year, our social impact startup hit a milestone that eludes 96 percent of female founders: we hit one million dollars in revenue. We know that for social entrepreneurs trying to solve global challenges, the system is rigged. Underneath every accomplishment lies a profoundly broken funding landscape for social innovation.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes. There are communities like hers all over America. We call these factors the Systemic Drivers of Health. Image by the authors.

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How transactional donor relationships kill generosity

iMarketSmart

Footnotes: [1] In experiments, giving to family members always exceeds giving to non-family members. Personality and altruism in the dictator game: Relationship to giving to kin, collaborators, competitors, and neutrals. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing, 28 (2), 164-184; Küchler, L., Policy Press.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Alliance Management Institute (AMI) is the only national conference expressly designed to prepare 400+ college students for a career in the social sector. Learn about new and proposed accounting and auditing standards and how they will impact not-for-profit entities and their auditors. Leadership / #AMI16 / @NPL_Alliance.

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The 2016 - 2017 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

The Digital Media and Learning Conference is meant to be an inclusive, international and annual gathering of scholars and practitioners in the field, focused on fostering interdisciplinary and participatory dialogue and linking theory, empirical study, policy, and practice. Opportunity Collaboration. Opportunity Collaboration.