Local Resources for Local Needs
A look at Silicon Valley’s surprising disconnect and opportunities that all local funders should consider.
Foundations
New and innovative ideas for leaders of foundations
A Guide to Scaling Social Innovation
A new guide offers a framework for credible, realistic policy action that governments can take to turn social entrepreneurship into a major force for innovation.
Be Nice. Fund Results. Minimize Hassle. Help Out.
The word from the trenches on how funders can make life easier for everyone.
Building Venture Capital from Within
Five lessons on creating a venture capital fund inside a foundation—a look at the Knight Enterprise Fund.
Lessons of an SSIR Blogger
A look back at government regulation, philanthropy, “social blank” movements, and third sector grit.
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L3Cs: A Cure in Search of a Disease
Most social problems now addressed by charities cannot be appropriately addressed by for-profit entities, whether or not those entities pledge to restrict or recycle their profits.
Sequestering the Sector
With the threat of a sequester looming, the charitable sector risks being boxed in.
Foundation Collaboration: Keys to Success
A look at best practices for the foundation community, drawn from the work of Connect US Fund.
What Price Democracy?
A slippery slope: from good-willed private philanthropy in support of public goals to a system in which private goals predominate.
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