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

Social entrepreneurs must recognize when it is time to relinquish control and create strong leadership teams.

Over the past 17 years, the Forum for African Women Educationalists has delivered high-quality education to millions of girls across 35 African countries.

ParkScan, an interactive Web tool, enages residents as park monitors.

Nonprofits with broad missions need less centralized boards.

Refresh your dashboard to better inform your board's decisions.

Face-to-face conversations among CEOs reminds and reassures them that that failure is, in fact, the norm and does not preclude success.

Why do board cultures vary so much by geography, and how can we help bring the best of them to all cities?

What needs to be under public scrutiny is the entire range of unfettered discretion in spending that some nonprofit executives—and their boards—exercise.

If new executives develop themselves in alignment with the organization’s goals, they will mitigate stress and increase the likelihood of their success.

What nonprofits need isn’t more advice, it’s more money.