A new excerpt of my new book on adapting to climate change, Sink or Swim, is now up on @ssir.org celebrating the North American launch this week! @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social ssir.org/books/excerp...

"As a city leader, I care about people in my community who are experiencing homelessness, but I’m frustrated that we keep being told the only solution is putting more money into the same system. We need to be able to show that this spending works or we will lose residents’ trust."

Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness: AI hallucinations, biased outputs, privacy concerns, and (rational) expectations of being judged more harshly for using it on the job. ssir.org/articles/ent...

"Women predict AI will bring less benefit and do more harm across personal, professional, and public life." but "If [women] engage and advocate, their risk awareness can strengthen the technology itself." ssir.org/articles/ent...

An excerpt from Organize or Burn on how movement politics can respond to democratic crisis ssir.org/books/excerp...

In 2018, a group of funders established Farmed Animal Funders to accelerate progress toward a more humane, sustainable food system. It offers a case study for philanthropists and advocates working on other new, underfunded causes on how to coordinate effectively to create wide-ranging impact.

Financing community-led solutions requires shifting both money and power. @ssir.org explains how Community-Driven Outcomes Contracts do just that by putting communities in the lead to define problems, design solutions, and measure success. Read about it:

My work is featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review today @nyupress.bsky.social @publicpowerny.bsky.social ssir.org/books/excerp...

"Women’s generative AI hesitancy is rooted in rationality, not hysteria. It is not risk aversion. It is risk awareness."

"For years, I overextended myself in the name of purpose. I felt an unspoken pressure to keep going no matter the cost, to hold everything together because the stakes felt so high..." An excerpt from The Future Is Collective by Niloufar Khonsari, with a new, original introduction from the author:

Of 100,000 historic sites on the National Register, less than 1% are associated with Latinx histories. Latinos in Heritage Conservation asks “What would it be like if we ...reimagine [historic preservation] with Latino history, culture, and values at the center?” I wrote about the org for @ssir.org.

"I’ve been here before, having spent decades watching development institutions try and fail to catch up with tech. As the same story unfolds, this time, we have to rewrite the script: AI offers a path to do more with less, if we invest in the infrastructure that will make it work for everyone."

"Whether rooted in science or metaphysics, people throughout history have often held a belief that hidden patterns beneath everyday life set the world’s course, and that revealing those patterns can unlock flourishing and prosperity."

“After Trump was elected the first time, there was a whole lot of mobilizing, but it didn’t turn into building infrastructure to developing leadership. And unless you’re building at the same time you’re fighting, you wind up with nothing.” @ssireview.bsky.social ssir.org/articles/ent...

Annual US subsidies to #oil & #gas firms have risen from $5B to at least $12B following recent legislation. Meanwhile, the same firms eliminated 4.7k jobs in the first half of 2025, with big corp's. planning significantly more workforce cuts. Read @ssir.org: ssir.org/articles/ent... #government

Can AI speed up and strengthen social impact measurement and management? SSIR & Better Society Capital weigh in. #AIforGood #Impinv https://ssir.org/articles/entry/ai-assessments-impact-investing?mc_cid=0b806c21ca&mc_eid=103af9ff01#AIforGood

"The fossil fuel industry has spent more than $1 billion over the last 20 years lobbying for tax credits. Around half of oil and gas production in the United States is estimated to be dependent on subsidies in order to be profitable."

"Philanthropy needs more movement funders who stand on the side of racial and economic justice and who take direction from the movement-led forces working to expand democracy. We can do this by changing our practices in fundamental ways..."

Philanthropy advisor Ben Klasky sees donors hit four common roadblocks to giving: 1. Option paralysis 2. A less streamlined marketplace 3. Reputational risk 4. It's work Luckily, there are ways to overcome each of these hurdles.

"Funders and advocates must rally around creative and robust community-led solutions that prioritize health protection over corporate gain." ssir.org/articles/ent... New article from @mtejada24.bsky.social of @nrdc.org and Jen Hadayia of @airalliancehou.bsky.social

The Stanford Social Innovator Review (@ssir.org) shared their discussion of our work at Tech for Palestine. Good review of what we actually do. ssir.org/articles/ent...

We need to support strong investments in bold local action to speed up the clean energy transition. Learn more in @ssir.org:

I'm glad to have gotten to cover Tech for Palestine for @ssir.org. Read about the incubator's (v ambitious!) efforts to "change [the tech industry] into something that’s pro-freedom, pro-liberation, and pro-human rights." ssir.org/articles/ent... CC @paulbiggar.com @techforpalestine.org

"...this government is executing its pro-fossil fuel agenda, often with zero input from the public and apparent disregard for the rule of law." New article sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas authored by leaders of @envirointegrity.bsky.social and @descendantsproject.bsky.social

My latest in the @ssir.org, basically an executive summary of our white paper titled "Financial Backbones: Capital Orchestration for Systems Transformation". ssir.org/articles/ent...

"The benefits of clean energy are well documented and have become manifestly evident for many Americans, but it is no longer enough to simply promote renewables and hope policy catches on."

How can nonprofits and funders maximize the effectiveness of litigation? "The takeaway here is *both-and*: Fund the best legal teams to develop the best legal theories and pursue litigation where necessary. But don’t only do that part of the puzzle."

Community health workers are the bedrock of healthcare around the world. Over 70% are women, and 86% aren’t paid. Yep, most of our healthcare delivery relies on unpaid women ssir.org/articles/ent...

"Oil and gas's dominance over American life can feel like a David vs. Goliath story. Despite the odds, growing pushback in red, blue, and purple states shows that the Davids have more power than we might think—and philanthropy can help them win." ssir.org/articles/ent...

Should RCTs be the gold standard of impact measurement? SSIR’s Aaron Bady speaks w/ Nicole P. Marwell and Jennifer E. Mosley about their new article, “The Nonprofit Sector Has an RCT Problem.” Join us tomorrow at 10 a.m. PT! ssir.org/live-rct-conversation

There’s a lot to worry about right now. The quiet part is a U.S. oil & gas renaissance. As extreme weather rocks the country, it’s time to invest in brass tacks planning, deep organizing, and the essential state and local fights to achieve clean energy transition … in time. ssir.org/articles/ent...

Can generative AI help evaluate social impact investments? The @bettersocietycapital.com team designed an experiment to test this question on their own portfolio. They found some promising results—and some clear lessons learned that might be helpful to others.

👇👇👇 Important read @abbiedillen.bsky.social @earthjustice.org #climateemergency #nofossilfuelinfrastructure #stopLine5

Hollie Russon Gilman provides an insightful review of Celina Su's new book Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities for @ssir.org. Exploring how budgets are more than just spreadsheets, but moral and political documents: ssir.org/books/review...

Our new fall print issue is online! Subscribe now for full digital access. On the cover: An updated collection of essays on philanthropy's challenges in responding to government threats and funding cuts, including a brand new concluding essay from MacArthur Foundation president John Palfrey

"Who should pay for the sustainability infrastructure that companies are using to measure, improve, and report on their ESG performance—and can they do so in a way that is sustainable for the tool developers and preserves the objectivity these tools were built on?" @ssir.org ssir.org/articles/ent...

"The scale and urgency of the current threat should settle a long-simmering debate about the strategic value of targeting oil and gas production directly." @earthjustice.org president @abbiedillen.bsky.social writes in SSIR on the next chapter of the climate fight:

Come join the conversation!

What does it do to social change organizations when RCTs aren’t just the best option, but the only option? SSIR speaks w/ Nicole Marwell and @jenmosley.bsky.social about their article, “The Nonprofit Sector Has an RCT Problem.” Join us Wed., Sept. 17 at 10 am PT: ssir.org/live-rct-conversation

Open Board Search: How a new approach to recruiting board members can transform nonprofits. - @clevelandjustis.bsky.social, Susan S. Boren, Stephanie Duncan Karp & Daniel Student ssir.org/articles/ent... - @ssir.org

ssir.org/articles/ent... “For years, we’ve compounded financial capital. It’s time to compound impact. The longer we wait, the more lives, ecosystems, and possibilities we may lose.” If you have a DAF and use it to save for rainy days - it’s pouring outside now. Give. Now.

Worker shortage threatens renewable energy deployment. Climate philanthropists focus on policy wins while neglecting "human infrastructure" - the workers needed for energy transition. Read how to fix it: ssir.org/articles/ent... #EnergyTransition #WorkforceDevelopment #CleanEnergy

Real progress on climate change is more attainable than ever. Yet powerful forces are pulling the other direction. Today we're launching a new series, sponsored by the Funder Collaborative on Oil and Gas, tackling the outsized influence of the oil and gas industry on American life

We’ve heard a lot about “clean tech,” “sustainable finance”, “speed & scale,” and far less about the people implementing these ideas—the leaders building scrappy nonprofits, the wonks drafting policy frameworks, the electricians installing infrastructure ssir.org/articles/ent...

American research science is facing an unprecedented crisis as federal grants get canceled & scientists are being laid off. A new @ssir.org article outlines how foundations can deploy their resources through social investments to stabilize research while building a more resilient system.

"The greatest worry that many people have about such an egalitarian future is that it would lead to an economic system in which these elements are precisely missing: innovation and change." In an excerpt from her new book, @lisamherzog.bsky.social responds to the critics of egalitarianism

Not sure how to act most effectively as a funder or donor right now? These 10 questions from @catherinecf.bsky.social and Philippe Sion might help you get started.

Is a gallon of water in a rich country worth more than a gallon of water in a poor country? That's what at least one impact accounting methodology seems to imply. But if that's the case, what does it reveal about the very concept of impact accounting?

"Evidently, the state capacity needed to generate this abundance won’t just be a top-down federal imperative...We need to take an Everything Everywhere All at Once approach to building the institutional capacity required for an abundance of economic prosperity." @ssir.org ssir.org/articles/ent...

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social & @dkthomp.bsky.social's Abundance has become a Rorschach test among policy analysts w/ much discussion focusing on the impediments that government may have imposed upon itself. But beyond that conversation is a more expansive state capacity project ssir.org/articles/ent...