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

Unlike private sector mergers where financial returns serve as the primary metric, our social sector M&A required deep mission alignment as its foundation. Substantial resources are often required: as George and Taren Stinebrickner-Kauffman note , for example, the Guidestar merger with Foundation Center cost $45 million.

Social Enterprise 108

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofits Culture 108

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

By shopping at any of the 64 online stores listed below, socially conscious and ethical consumers can channel some of their spending power this holiday season into the nonprofit sector and the Greater Good. 7) Electronic Frontier Foundation Shop :: supporters.eff.org/shop. 26) Surfrider Foundation Store :: shop.surfrider.org.

Ethics 131

Ethics Children Poverty Education 131

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

JUNE 10, 2024

How to Create a High-Performing Non-Profit Team Successful nonprofits, NGOs and Social Enterprises have high performing teams. Nonprofit organizations can be categorized into various types, including charities, foundations, advocacy groups, religious organizations, and social enterprises. Ready to expand your team?

Non-Profits 122

Non-Profits Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Nonprofit governance and management 122

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. What about public sector funds or foundation grants?

Public and Social Policy 119

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

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 29, 2023

Foundations and corporations are still giving to large, established entities, because they know them and because they work at a scale that is efficient for institutional giving (as defined by the number of people or geography served). Of course, both require long-term funding and investment since they lay the foundation for new approaches.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

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

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

AUGUST 23, 2020

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Poverty 94

Poverty Public and Nonprofit Management Health Children 94