Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

In fact, city leaders often follow the pioneering innovations of civil society organizations. The initiation power of civil society organizations does not end with “small wins.” .” Diffusion between cities does not only happen on the level of city governments. Create synapses for within-city learning.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Were in a period of polycrisis, yet the business world, government, and civil society persist in their siloed approaches to solving it. We need these folks as champions and collaborators. At a time when government funds are decreasing, collaborating to better coordinate and leverage these funding flows is even more essential.

Governance 81

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 11, 2023

For example, another recent study on African conservation funding practices finds that 92 percent of African civil society organizations struggle to access sufficient core funding, 71 percent of them identified short-term project structures as a key barrier, and 52 percent find existing proposal and reporting requirements to be a barrier.

Civil Society 119

Civil Society Environmental Public and Social Policy Governance 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 7, 2024

And although we belong to different generations, we share a culture and experiences as Mexican women. Purple Glasses to Innovate All Women Coo aims to transform these cultural dynamics and remove common barriers to gender equity. Our observation and understanding of gender inequalities derive from this unique intersection of knowledge.

Nonprofit governance and management 126

Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations Public and Social Policy Participation and motivation 126

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 23, 2024

To accelerate the promulgation of the nafda values, the nafda support team, in collaboration with the pioneering principals and local pedagogical and cultural experts, developed a board game, called Aal Seha, that challenges student teams to respond to scenario-based questions involving choices related to the three values.

Education 75

Education Education Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management 75

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In 2005, Curran started working at 92nd St Y doing cultural programming for a global audience. femaleleader ” Watch Take The Lead podcast on giving back COVID has also changed the culture of giving, she says. “ #COVID has also changed the culture of giving, @RadioFreeAsha says. That was heartwarming to see.

Civil Society 94

Civil Society Philanthropy Leadership Culture 94

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 17, 2024

It’s time to work shoulder-to-shoulder with civil society and government to do the big, urgent work that no sector can accomplish alone, to adopt entirely new systems of operating that enable all people to thrive and reach their full potential and protect our natural environment. Our culture is shaped by businesses.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Public Policy 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Once the cooperative was set up with support from civil society 10 years ago, the collective progress has become visceral. Today, Amul has more than 16 million milk producers and 185,903 dairy cooperative societies making India the world’s largest milk producer.

Food 122

Food Civil Society Agriculture Public and Social Policy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JULY 15, 2024

Collaborative Google.org research found a 300 percent increase in the application of AI to address the SDGs since 2018. To make sense of it all, Fast Forward analyzed nearly 100 use cases, collaborated with leaders in the tech-for-good ecosystem, and interviewed dozens of builders. New solutions are coming online every week.

Curriculum and Teaching 144

Curriculum and Teaching Health Education Education 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 18, 2024

Because these approaches also come with cultural differences and operate along different time scales, it can be hard for organizations to mobilize and organize at the same time. Instead, a culture developed that when parts of the movement disagreed, they would offer and pursue alternative strategies as a response.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Medical 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 30, 2023

The world wide web was a game changer; people could now collaboratively build and create the world they desired. We spoke with more than 80 people, representing workers, scholars, unions, the private sector, civil society, philanthropies, and multilateral agencies. ” Yet, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Race and Ethnicity 145

Race and Ethnicity Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance 145

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 14, 2022

In some locations, solidarity economy is institutionalized and recognized by the state but in others involves civil society and informal practices. In Collaborative Anthropologies , 12.1-2 Special Issue of Collaborative Anthropologies , 12.1-2 Special Issue of Collaborative Anthropologies , 12.1-2 2 (2019), 1-23.

Non-Profits 116

Non-Profits Universities Collaborations Ethics 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

A study on the working conditions in Kenya’s gig economy , for example, was written by two African researchers, who not only surveyed hundreds of gig workers but also involved civil society and policy makers during a multi-stakeholder dialogue and a panel discussion in Nairobi. A first challenge is to find suitable collaborators.

Entrepreneurship 81

Entrepreneurship Public and Social Policy Civil Society Collaborations 81

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 9, 2024

Changes like these have impacted culture, including increased Black representation in highly popular TV soap operas and marketing campaigns. Based on these results, businesses generally work to shift their organizational culture by refining institutional practices and policies related to diversity and racial equity.

Public and Social Policy 78

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Law Poverty 78

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It has already linked a number of actors from civil society and the private sector to promote changes that come from the poor communities themselves. Geography and co-location are essential when it comes to developing collaboration, partnerships, and support in an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Social Entrepreneurship 128

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 128

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 13, 2024

For the past three decades, I have guided museums, nonprofit arts organizations, and higher education institutions in planning, programming, fundraising for, and promoting new or renovated cultural facilities that fulfill mission imperatives. Or are there certain moral and civic goods that markets do not honor and money cannot buy?”

Ethics 122

Ethics Public and Social Policy Universities Philanthropy 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

To establish effective AI governance, then, is the challenge for civil society organizations and social innovators. This entails determining the frameworks and structures we need to build to effectively organize and govern society amid rapid technological change and unchecked power consolidation. We need a new roadmap.

Governance 142

Governance Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics 142

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The problem in many settings isn’t merely that elected leaders are enacting self-serving or misguided policies (though there is that too); many or even most countries also suffer from a supply-side problem: they lack the capability, systems, institutional culture and practice to deliver for their citizens.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

Civil Society 116

Civil Society Governance Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development 116

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JANUARY 24, 2024

A market innovation like creating a sustainable seafood market is unlikely to create enduring systems change without building strong relationships with civil society. Embedding change into a system means philanthropic staff, trustees, organizational divisions, and funder collaborative members must buy into the process.

Civil Society 131

Civil Society Energy Collaborations Leadership 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

But many of the same things that make workplace surveillance such a daunting threat also reveal its vulnerabilities, and where workers and civil society might fight back. Cross-sector harms open the door to cross-sector collaboration. What does it feel like to work under constant surveillance?

Public and Social Policy 141

Public and Social Policy Law Technology Retail 141

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 12, 2022

There are many examples of leaders countering this myth, like the Fellows in the Civil Society Fellowship. They are working collaboratively in community and solidarity to confront injustice and to bring together the stakeholders within systems to co-create solutions for change.

Leadership 116

Leadership Civil Society Universities Collaborations 116

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

This funder invests in and strengthens the capacity of women-led movements to advance meaningful social, cultural, and economic change in women’s lives, specifically across three areas: Economic Justice, Safety, and Women’s Health. Foundation is to build women’s collective power in the U.S. to advance equity and justice for all. Mary’s Pence.

Health 98

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 98

NonProfit Quarterly

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Solutions To bridge the widening gap in global healthcare services, it is imperative to establish a system that encourages collaboration between the private and public sectors through product development partnerships (PDPs).

Health 97

Health Technology Healthcare Civil Society 97

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 13, 2025

New Funding Sources, Same Mission Today, nonprofits focusing on education, history, and culture are facing increased censorship as their funding comes under attack. Rogers noted that public discourse at that moment included a lot of resistance and opposition to Trumps rhetoric.

Public and Nonprofit Management 112

Public and Nonprofit Management Food Health Foundations 112

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 13, 2025

In 2017, Aurraa cultural center vital to Budapests underground music and art scene and home to several nonprofitswas raided and subsequently shut down. Underground culture, bars, and clubs, Renkin said. Hungarian police have also targeted safe spaces for the LGBTQ+ community. What are you left with?

Civil Society 126

Civil Society Law Nonprofit Administration and Development Governance 126