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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…
- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
Measuring Blended Learning Impact
July 20, 2016This post was originally published by Raise Your Hand Texas.
New Systems Thinking Tool: Timeline Mapping
July 14, 2016This post is a part of our systems thinking tools blog series where we’re introducing and sharing guidance for using different tools to support systems thinkin…
5 Leading Practices for Evaluating Ecosystem Investments
June 1, 2016Everyone in philanthropy seems to be talking about how funding programs alone won’t solve big social problems. Many organizations are shifting from program inv…
New Resource: Seven Principles for Investing in Early Care and Education
May 4, 2016Recent research and advocacy efforts have led funders, politicians, and the business community to agree that the first years of a child’s life can determine th…
Four Insights for Creating Outcomes for Opportunity Youth
April 15, 2016Launched in August 2015, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative is creating the nation’s largest employer-led coalition focused on helping young people build ski…
Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education
March 31, 2016A new report from the Wallace Foundation and the Teachers College at Columbia University, Collective Impact and the New Generation of Cross-Sector Collaboratio…
Educate Yourself on the Every Student Succeeds Act
December 18, 2015Curious about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a.k.a. the new education law in the U.S.? Congress passed and President Obama signed the new law last week…
One Teacher’s Reflections on Personalized Learning with Khan Academy
October 19, 2015In 2005, Ken Price was hired by the Marsing School District in rural southwest Idaho to develop and manage a new after-school program for more than 200 at-risk…
Transforming a Juvenile Justice System through Community Engagement
July 27, 2015This post was originally published on the Youth Transition Funders Group blog.
Alan Khazei on Moving Beyond Scaling
July 22, 2015When I co-founded City Year with my college roommate Michael Brown in 1988, social entrepreneurship was emerging as a dynamic approach for social change. This …