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

Philanthropy in America: A History by Olivier Zunz

The diseases that get funded tend to be the ones for which funders can take credit.

Social investors are experimenting with a profusion of creative funding mechanisms to help innovators sustain health-improving approaches and to achieve greater impact.

The Northwest Area Foundation learns—and shares—hard lessons from a 10-year initiative.

Chris West leverages the assets of the Shell Foundation and its corporate parent to improve the lives of low-income people in the developing world.

The Myelin Repair Foundation is creating a process for the rapid development of new treatments and cures.

The time is now for foundations, large and small, to engage in public policy.

Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World by Leslie R. Crutchfield, John V. Kania, & Mark R. Kramer

There are unconventional methods one can use to evaluate advocacy organizations and make strategic investments in that arena.

Two insiders explore why foundations micromanage how social problems are solved and explore what grant makers can do to foster high impact strategies.

What’s behind Los Angeles's quiet but notable pace of innovation.

In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.

A summary of articles and discussions about the Gates Foundation’s impact on global social change.

Why do so many foundation and nonprofit strategies go amiss?

The Catalyst Fund’s Manager, Peter Kramer, explains the fund’s goal and application process for nonprofit collaborations.

In order to succeed, philanthropies, like baseball teams, must rely on both objective and subjective analysis.

An analysis of the perspectives and value of the debate of whether foundations should spend out.

Philanthropy needs senior leaders who see themselves as student-leaders striving to help the field grapple with the difficult challenges it faces.

An interview with Simon Greer before starting as president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

An interview with Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Analyzing the Gates Foundation’s impact on global social change.