Stanford Social Innovation Review

Karoff reveals how wise donors operate.

Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.

Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.

Cross-sector collaboration is the key to community revitalization.

Are elite boards getting out of touch with their organizations’ true purpose?

Humanitarian organizational leaders share their management struggles.

The fate of new nonprofits is often linked to public funding.

Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.

Grantees of foundations have little control over which program officer takes their case. Yet program officers make or break grantees’ experiences with foundations. To trigger social change, foundations must give program officers better training, clearer expectations, and regular performance feedback.

Why nonprofits should let donors give back their fundraising incentives.

Enterprising orgs fare better on the fringes of nonprofit networks.

What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm.

Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy.

How to identify your IT needs and get money for them.

Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy.