Wong, a Bay Area-based journalist, reports on a new program that aims to give nonprofits the resources to listen more closely to the people they serve....

Despite the many challenges associated with it, the data imperative is here to stay and will make the work of social change organizations and agents more effective over time, writes Benetech's Jim Fruchterman....

In the latest installment of our SSIR@PND series, Julie Petersen and Shauntel Poulson look at how "blended capital" is helping to grow the ed-tech field....

The measurement of social impact has become a widely shared objective, writes Rick Jacobus, yet among nonprofit groups, social enterprises, and other social-purpose organizations, the use of impact data remains surprisingly limited....

Margaret Laws, director of the Health Innovation Fund at the California HealthCare Foundation from 2010 to 2015, looks at how program-related investments are being used to fund "disruptive innovation" in healthcare delivery....

Bridgespan Group's William Foster, Gail Perrault, Alison Powell, and Chris Addy explore why many individual high-net-worth donors are unwilling to "bet big" on social change....

Open government expert Hollie Russon Gilman argues that inclusive governance will require civil society, government, and industry to work together to empower citizens....

In the latest article in our SSIR@PND series, Sasha Dichter, Tom Adams, and Alnoor Ebrahim describe international projects that demonstrate how the social sector can gather high-quality impact data quickly and inexpensively….

The Orfalea Foundation's communications manager explains how the culture of cooperation at Kinko’s informed Paul and Natalie Orfalea’s philanthropy….

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy's Bob Ottenhoff and Regine Webster argue that the unique practice of disaster philanthropy can become more effective, even in a world likely to face more frequent and greater disasters....

In our latest SSIR@PND article, Rahul Bhargava, research scientist at the MIT Center for Civic Media, shares four strategies that nonprofits can use to support the effective, secure, and intentional use of data….

Sacha Litman, founder and managing director of Measuring Success, explores how nonprofits can incorporate big data into their collective impact initiatives....

Peter Murray and Steve Ma of Accelerate Change, a nonprofit incubator that uses lean experimentation, examine the potential of the popular management model to launch, test, and implement new programs and services more efficiently and effectively....

California Community Foundation president emeritus Jack Shakely explains why people in the philanthropic community need to move beyond their fear of donor-advised funds….

In the latest article in our SSIR@PND series, Anne B. Stanton and Alison Powell examine the James Irvine Foundation's Linked Learning initiative for insights into how adaptive philanthropy works in practice....

In the latest article in our SSIR series, Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen shares her framework for assessing how technology — plus a few tweaks in mindset — can help philanthropy become more accountable, collaborative, and effective....

In the latest article in our SSIR series, Achilles Kallergis and Alexandre Lambelet argue for a more scientific, cumulative approach to philanthropy....

In the latest article in our SSIR series, Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton, and John Kania claim that the deep changes necessary to accelerate progress on society's most intractable problems require a unique type of leader — one who catalyzes collective leadership.…