Social sector organizations differ from private sector businesses in obvious ways: tax status, fundraising methods, size of ambitions, relationships with the public sector, and extrinsic drivers for scale. Yet they are subject to the same pressures and patterns as any group human venture. The resources below borrow from the best of the for-profit and non-profit worlds to help socially-minded ventures fulfill their unique missions.
Sector innovation
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Open Philanthropy Project
Givewell
strategy+business
Inside the Omidyar Network…, David Callahan (Feb 2019)
Chronicle of Philanthropy
DataKind
Open Datasets for Good: Urban Poverty (DataKind)
Nonprofit basics
Nonprofit Management 101, Darian Rodriguez Heyman and Laila Brenner
Mapping Power and Decision Making in Nonprofits, Jon Huggett (NPQ)
The Art of the Turnaround, Michael M. Kaiser
Financial and operational best practices (Spectrum)
Succession Planning For Nonprofits, Tim Wolfred
Nonprofit Marketing
Some of our favorite funnel design, messaging, and social and digital media resources specifically for nonprofits.
Nonprofit Development
Some of our favorite fundraising and development strategy resources specifically for nonprofits.
Board Governance
Some of our favorite assessment tools, evolution roadmaps, and other management tools for nonprofit boards.
The Art of Business
Tools, inspiration, and resources for arts organizations—and all organizations.
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