Open Source for Humanitarian Action
Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.Articles
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New research finds that some companies are increasingly pro-diversity and others lag well behind.
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The Fair Society: The Science of Human Nature and the Pursuit of Social Justice by Peter Corning
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One-stop centers offer a safer future for victims of domestic violence.
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Habitat International has grown its bottom line using a largely disabled workforce.
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Research reveals why low-income minority neighborhoods are often the site of the worst environmental polluters.
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The Tahirih Justice Center multiplies its impact by creatively using pro bono attorneys.
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Computer imaging technology gets put to work to fight child porn fast—five-millisecond-fast.
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The website Not In Our Town is combating prejudice by broadcasting anti-hate stories and campaigns.
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Guilt might move people not to relieve suffering, but to exacerbate it by rationalizing that the victims somehow deserve their plight.
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A social media campaign aims to increase awareness of areas that reduce health risks for domestic workers and employers alike.
By Suzie Boss
Blog Posts
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A portrait of woman facing poverty and injustice in the developing world.
By Annie Plotkin | 4 -
The anti-immigrant trend line is deeply damaging to social innovation, social justice, and civil society.
By Eric Friedenwald-Fishman | 3 -
Nonprofit staff isn’t very diverse. Nonprofit boards aren’t very diverse. Nonprofits need more diversity.
By Rosetta Thurman | 1 -
Governments are banning the digital flow of information on human rights abuses.
By Marcia Stepanek
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Ten Nonprofit Funding Models | 24
For-profit executives use business models—such as "low-cost provider" or "the razor and the razor blade"—as a shorthand way to describe...
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Collective Impact | 37
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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Connecting Heart to Head
Leaders of Alcoa and PUMA, two forward-looking multibillion-dollar global companies, describe a framework for sustainable growth.
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Design Thinking for Social Innovation | 25
Designers have traditionally focused on enhancing the look and functionality of products. Recently, they have begun using design...
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Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition | 8
How do you define social entrepreneurship?
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Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work | 9
This follow-up on the popular "Collective Impact" article provides updated, in-depth guidance.
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The Trouble With Impact Investing – Part 1 | 14
There's only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
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The Top 10 Books on the Economics of Poverty | 6
A suggested reading list to provide a foundation for understanding development, aid, and poverty.
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Thoughts on Reluctant Entrepreneurship | 11
What’s unique to the Entrepreneurial Generation isn’t just that we are entrepreneurs; it’s why we’re entrepreneurs.
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Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field | 4
In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.









