Kathryn Moeller argues that the real effect of corporate investment in girls and women has been to mask the historical and structural conditions that perpetuate poverty in the Global South and to de-politicize the demands for fair-labor practices and a more equitable economic order by the very women and girls such investment purports to empower....

Foundation Center's Nick Opinsky reviews social sector veteran Joel L. Fleishman's examination of an age-old question: Do I commit all (or most of) my resources to charitable causes in my lifetime, or should I create a giving vehicle that exists in perpetuity?.... 

PND's Matt Sinclair reviews a collection of essays in which a range of experts make the case that social progress will only be achieved by shifting the collective mindset of community leaders from a short-term focus on outputs to longer-term investments in outcomes....

Intended as a guide for current and would-be social entrepreneurs, the book outlines twenty-one themes that anyone involved in social change work would do well to reflect on....

Meehan and Jonker argue that nonprofits looking to succeed an an "era of impact" need to adopt seven essential components of strategic leadership....

Moody and Goldseker argue that next-gen donors are likely to create greater impact than earlier generations — in part because they are more invested in using new tools to effect meaningful, lasting change....

According to reviewer Stephen Payne, Joel Solomon's memoir-cum-manifesto about the importance of taking "a mission-based" approach to finance and investment is well intentioned but has some blind spots....

Foundation Center's Jen Bokoff reviews Patty Alper's book about her Adopt-a-Class mentoring program and how mentoring underserved you is both an art and a science....

In his new book, urban studies theorist Richard Florida offers a mea culpa of sorts for the back-to-the-city movement he has long championed....

Inside Philanthropy founder David Callahan examines the philanthropic landscape in the opening decades of the twenty-first century while opening a window on how today's economic winners are using philanthropy to convert wealth into power....

Tynesia Boyea-Robinson, chief impact officer at Living Cities, draws on her experience in both the private and social sectors to shares strategies she's found to be effective for changing how we think about and create change....

Mirielle Clifford reviews the tenth-anniversary edition of Italian psychotherapist Piero Ferrucci's exploration of the essential components of kindness, which includes a preface by the Dalai Lama and a new introduction by the author....

In his latest best-seller, award-winning journalist Thomas Friedman explores three inexorable forces that are affecting every aspect of our lives....

The Pershing Square Foundation 's Keohane explores how innovative finance can be used to fund solutions to social and environmental challenges around the world....

In their new book, nonprofit tech pioneers and social media experts Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman argue that self-care is a critical aspect of any nonprofit professional's job, especially if he or she is engaged in mission-based social change work....