SSIR@PND

Through an agreement with the Stanford Social Innovation Review, PND is pleased to be able to offer a series of articles and profiles related to the "business" of improving society.

News through a gender lens
January 26, 2021With the global pandemic dominating the news cycle, The 19th — which is named for the amendment that gave female citizens of the U.S. the right to vote — has pivoted to tell stories about how COVID-19 is impacting women....

School Districts Must Embrace Social Responsibility
December 30, 2020As school districts look to move past the COVID pandemic, writes Johnson, social responsibility must be integrated into their reopening....

Applying a Gender Lens to Social Entrepreneurship
November 30, 2020In order to flourish, writes Carty, the social sector needs to embrace less patriarchal and more collaborative approaches focused on long-term systemic change....

Inclusive Philanthropy
October 30, 2020The most significant role philanthropy plays in democracy, argue members of the faculty of the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, is to ensure that a spirit of generosity both maintains the integrity of democratic procedures and expands the realm of civil society....

Are Donor-Advised Funds Good for Nonprofits?
September 28, 2020Critics claim that DAFs unduly postpone funds needed by charities, but a policy lab at Stanford Law School suggests the giving vehicle offers benefits that may outweigh its costs....

Social Entrepreneurship Needs a New Funding Model
August 31, 2020The frustration long felt by those who advocate for more effective strategies focused on driving investment to entrepreneurs is boiling over into existential dread, writes Powell. Could a new funding model named Delta deliver the kind of productive relationships among entrepreneurs, impact investors, and funders that the sector desperately needs?...

The People’s Platform
July 28, 2020WT.Social, a news-focused social network launched by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, aims to solve America's fake news problem....

The United States Needs Its Own WASH Sector
June 29, 2020Water, sanitation, and hygiene projects are not just for low-income countries overseas, writes DigDeep founder McGraw; they are also desperately needed at home....

Nonprofit Advocacy and Democracy
May 31, 2020Scholars of social movements have long documented the ways in which nonprofit advocacy strengthens civic engagement, creates political cohesion, and focuses attention on underrepresented communities. But what if their working assumptions are no longer valid? asks Biel....

Co-Designing Better Futures With Citizens
April 29, 2020By opening space for public discussion where people can feel they are heard and respected, writes Coullomb, democratic societies can achieve better results while restoring trust in institutions and a sense of belonging within communities that are in danger of failing....

Defend, Develop, Decolonize
March 30, 2020Less than 0.3 percent of philanthropic dollars go to Indigenous communities, writes O'Hara, but one organization is beginning to shift the balance....

How Philanthropy Can Create Public Systems Change
February 27, 2020Philanthropic investment in the public system through the social sector can enable statewide systems change. Silbert and Mukumal share the story of one initiative that transformed access to public higher education for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated Californians....

Foundations Should Invest in Building the Field of Sustainable Development
January 28, 2020By supporting collaborations among young scholars, practitioners, and universities, writes Mendelson, U.S. ambassador to the UN's Economic and Social Council in the Obama administration, foundations can help facilitate SDG literacy in the United States and around the world....

How Philanthropy Can Get Smarter About Risk Management
December 31, 2019Foundations looking to make headway against some of the urgent challenges of the day should start, write Brest and Wolfson, by thinking differently about risk and reward....

Renewing Philanthropy’s Commitment to Local Journalism
November 26, 2019The decline in local journalism is undermining our contributes and contributing to a national civic crisis, writes Sandorf, but philanthropy, in partnership with others, is taking steps to stem the tide....

Participant Media Creates Entertainment for Social Change
October 28, 2019The media landscape has changed dramatically in the years since Jeff Skoll founded Participant Media, writes Gilchrist, but like other Silicon Valley success stories, the company has demonstrated a consistent ability to adapt....

Eight Myths of U.S. Philanthropy
September 30, 2019By examining the eight common myths of philanthropy — including who gives, how they give, and to what end — we can better comprehend the breadth and diversity of giving....

When White Philanthropy Funded Black Power
August 30, 2019Harris, a journalist, shares details of a working paper authored by Claire Dunning, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, that examines a high-minded but "short-lived and largely forgotten" experiment aimed at improving race relations and the living standards of African Americans in 1970s Boston....