Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By Nithya Ramanathan & Jim Fruchterman Recent milestones in generative AI have sent nonprofits, social enterprises, and funders alike scrambling to understand how these innovations can be harnessed for global good. If youre ambitious about social change, you have to collect data, and you almost certainly need to collect it better.

Social Enterprise 112

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management Ethics 112

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 24, 2025

Not all mergers require such significant investment, but since nonprofits cant bank profits for future investmentand social enterprises often struggle to maintain margins that would support rapid growththis leaves us primarily dependent on fundraising campaigns and specific investable moments as vehicles for scaling.

Social Enterprise 108

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofits Culture 108

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Corporate promises of “partnership” and leveraging their buying power from social enterprises can also be elusive. The company has pledged to procure five percent of its spend from social enterprises and companies led by underrepresented founders by 2025. Consider SAP’s 2020 5 & 5 by 25 announcement.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Hub

JANUARY 8, 2020

My parents instilled in me a strong work ethic and a servant leader mindset from a young age. We were all on pins and needles, and most of us were constantly stressed about finance. . to disrupt the traditional accounting model through technology, innovation and a radically client-centered approach to finance. imagine that!

Finance 55

Finance Nonprofit governance and management Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 55

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

What if more communities of faith exercised an ethic that steeps money in systemic and local economic justice, and thousands of religious endowments invested those assets in local and regional economic development? What if millions of congregants followed suit?

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Community Development 119

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 4, 2024

Public education: Addressing the AI knowledge gap requires fostering engagement and inclusion, and an emphasis on leadership, ethics, and informed public discourse. Ethics don’t mutate when they are applied to a different technology, and these tenets are transferable to the realm of AI.

Governance 142

Governance Civil Society Public and Social Policy Ethics 142