This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are an outcomes-based (pay-for-success) model where private investors contribute debt capital to fund projects with social goals. If the projects achieve their targets, the investment capital,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for new health technologies, treatments, and service delivery models, and many innovations in health-care delivery are being developed to meet local needs in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic – and the government’s insufficient response in providing economic relief – has led to an enormous increase in food insecurity in this country. At least 54 million people are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research has consistently shown a strong link between incarceration and homelessness. Our 2018 report found that formerly incarcerated people are almost 10 times more likely to be homeless than the general public. Other national data shows…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Regional disparities in human and financial resources largely determine how they do their work. Although non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become powerful voices in world environmental politics, little is known of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When COVID-19 happened in 2020, we were faced with the challenge of transitioning our in-person incubation program for idea-stage entrepreneurs to a 100% online setting. All our coaching sessions and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Online learning efforts may remain even when the pandemic fades away. Teachers’ confidence wavers in using edtech for instruction. Perhaps (not) coincidentally, there is more spending forecast for education technology.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Resilient Schools Project, a Future of School initiative, partners with districts, like South Dorchester School District Two (Summerville, SC) is an award-winning school system near the Charleston, South Carolina area…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ACE has grappled with the financial, strategic, and psychological repercussions of COVID-19 and the emotional toll of the tragic events that necessitated the Black Lives Matter uprising (with which we show total…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Launched in 2014 with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Ford Foundation, and Wallace H. Coulter Foundation, the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund works to foster a culture of civic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On January 22, 2021, the Government of India amended the regulatory framework for corporate social responsibility in India (“New Rules”).[1] The New Rules now cast the spotlight on the “responsibility” portion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly becoming incorporated across all aspects of organizations, including business strategies, operations and product/service offerings. Recent global research of boards of directors by Willis Towers…