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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

How can health innovations help people like Elisa whose health is dramatically impacted by factors like clean air, healthy food, a safe home, and access to health care, education, and a job that can sustain her family? Lack of access to education can make the difference between good and poor health.

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Muslim Giving 101: An Introduction for Fundraisers & Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Recently, Lake Institute paired up with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) to learn more about American Muslims’ giving practices. After giving to mosques, the second highest category of giving is toward domestic poverty alleviation and education. This is comparable with other faith groups in the U.S.

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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Clearinghouses and data labs are two good starting points for harnessing the power of social sector data. education, criminal justice, public health, etc.). More innovations are underway, such as impact tokenization, DAOs, recommendation technologies, investable indexes, and marketplaces. We’re getting close.

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How to Restore the Care in Long-Term Nursing Care

NonProfit Quarterly

Between 2010 and 2019, 138 SIBs accounting for $441 million in capital have been issued globally, ranging in causes from workforce development to education and medical services (Hulse, Atun, and McPake 2021). Journal of European Social Policy 22 (4): 377–91. Social Finance in North America.” SIBs have their drawbacks.