Beneath every downward trend lies a story: a clinic that never reopens, a vaccine fridge left empty, a parent whose tomorrow ...

Community-Engaged Focus Community-led research is an important but underutilized approach for funders to consider in their efforts to support thriving communities. Such research can take many ...

Without these tools, philanthropies drift toward "good-enough charity": organizations optimized for perpetuation rather than progress. With them, a different culture can emerge, one that treats scarce ...

Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of ...

Development Philanthropy Must Be Partnership Not Patronage By Karen Kardos & T. Alexander Puutio Between hard bargains and charity, the future requires catalytic collaboration.

Alexander Puutio and other global development experts and leaders on how the sector can chart a path forward in the face of ...

Development in Retreat? By Michael J. Mortimer & T. Alexander Puutio Finding a way forward in the global pullback from solidarity ...

Beyond the ‘Good Enough’ Charity By Sarah Holloway & T. Alexander Puutio The next chapter for global development means learning from markets and building an accountability culture.

Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship (SEE)—a business-inspired approach to solving social problems—has exploded across the United States and the world in the last decade. It has entrenched ...

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Climate change and slavery form a vicious cycle. Collective action for a free and livable future is an opportunity to combat both at once.