Stanford Social Innovation Review : Informing and inspiring leaders of social change

A Big Deal for Conservation

A group of conservationists, former bankers, and management consultants have imported ideas from Wall Street to create a new way to protect large ecosystems.

Golfing Alone

Corporate donors prefer the opera to the soup kitchen.

Why More Nonprofits Are Getting Bigger

A recent study found that the number of US nonprofits with annual revenues of more
than $50 million has increased dramatically.

How Nonprofit Economic Value Creates New Capital Sources

Finding Your Funding Model

Four guidelines provide a road map for leaders to identify and develop the right funding model for their organization.

Supplicants No More

The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact by Jason Saul

The Emotions of Aid

“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.

Matchmaking for Philanthropists

Foundation Source Access, the new eHarmony for family foundations, gives smaller donors access to a wide variety of innovative funding opportunities.

Increasing Civic Reach

Nonprofits must have influential board members who connect them to the communities they serve.

Money Makes People Stingy

The more money a person has, the less generous, helpful, compassionate, and charitable he is toward other people.