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Love Thy Neighbor: A Human(e) Approach to Gun ViolenceIn Richmond, Calif., the Office of Neighborhood Safety accomplished in only eight years what no traditional law enforcement measures could: a 76 percent decrease in…Oct 2016 -
Nathalie Kylander in Stanford Social Innovation Review: Catalytic CollaborationNathalie Laidler-Kylander, a Managing Director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, recently co-authored a new article on collaboration in the non-profit space. “Catalytic collaboration,” an emerging…Oct 2016 -
New York Times: Refugees Need a Nation’s Better AngelsSixteen years ago, Sasha Chanoff, founder of RefugePoint, faced a decision that could mean life or death for 144 people. Chanoff, then 29, was working…Oct 2016 -
Can Ordinary Citizens Help Fill Gaps in U.S. Health Care?In the midst of radical changes in health care policy, some U.S. providers are looking to an unlikely model: Sub-Saharan Africa, where ordinary citizens are…Oct 2016 -
Nonprofit Mergers: The Missing IngredientShirley Sagawa, CEO of Service Year Alliance and founder of the Service Year Exchange, recently penned a case study for the Stanford Social Innovation Review on how…Oct 2016 -
The Guardians of the ForestThe Borneo rainforest is severely threatened by deforestation. In this new video James Reed, a tree climbing expert, collaborates with the Rainforest Connection to place…Sep 2016 -
Premal Shah: Small Business, the Backbone of the U.S. Economy, Needs a Jump StartKiva focuses on crowdfunding zero-interest loans to small-business owners who are excluded from other financing, have a social impact and create jobs: cafes hiring at-risk…Sep 2016 -
NPR Spotlight on BravenAimée Eubanks Davis founded her organization, Braven, in order to help her students graduating from college find their first good job. To accomplish this task,…Aug 2016 -
Liberian Government Launches Historic National Health Worker Plan to Reach 1.2 MillionSunday was a historic day in the fight to advance universal health coverage in Liberia. On July 24th, the Government of Liberia and partners launched…Jul 2016