Civil servants are more likely to resist authoritarianism when they are supported by peers, ombuds offices, and professional ...

Quality, not access, will define the future of global health. We've developed a platform to improve health-care quality worldwide.

The next era of public education will be judged less by the elegance of its ideas than by whether it responds, with humility and pragmatism, to the people it exists to serve.

By John Bailey. The next era of public education will be judged less by the elegance of its idea ...

Green hydrogen partnerships in the Middle East and North Africa are sidelining the civil society organizations they claim to empower, repeating the sins of colonialism.

Lessons from Brazil on how science philanthropy can and should act in the face of political hostility. The United States is ...

The Making Missing Markets initiative is marshaling funds and support groups to help towns across the United States.

In early 2025, a university in Beirut quietly hit the cumulative break-even point on a philanthropically funded initiative. No one at the funding foundation was running its day-to-day operations. No ...

A collection of some of Stanford Social Innovation Review's most popular book reviews and excerpts published in 2025: Advancing Peace: Ending Urban Gun Violence Through the Power of Redemptive Love, ...

Imagine trying to navigate an unfamiliar city with a broken compass. The needle appears steady and reliable, instilling confidence in each turn you take. But unbeknownst to you, every step leads you ...

In 2011, when we began what would eventually become Coefficient Giving, we set out to explore a big question: If someone had billions of dollars to give, what should they fund to make the greatest ...

What happens when philanthropy clings to the familiar during moments of disruption? In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended global food supply systems; farms lost workers, processing plants shut down, ...