Category: Social Good

“One language is poverty,” Annah told us. “Two languages is wealth,” she said, breaking into a smile. For a young woman who has been on the job hunt for nearly a year, she understood that…

Thanks to Colin Rae for contributing this piece. He is an Angel & Impact Investor with 20+ years volunteering, 10+ running a traditional manufacturing business, many failed startups (with one success), and one big, compassionate,…

Using user-centered design to get more families into social service programs faster. Problem Once an individual finds a resource that can help them meet a basic need, we often see that the application and enrollment…

For nearly 50 years, social innovation has followed roughly the same trajectory – philanthropy funds pilot programs, researchers evaluate the results, and government replicates what works. This process, which we’ll call “pilot-evaluate-replicate,” makes sense given…

Thank you to Dave Guarino, Director of GetCalFresh, for contributing this piece. We have spent nearly four years building GetCalFresh, a service to make it as easy as possible for all eligible Californians to successfully enroll…

Thank you to Dave Guarino, Director of GetCalFresh, for contributing this piece. We have spent nearly four years building GetCalFresh, a service to make it as easy as possible for all eligible Californians to successfully…

A Global Learning Crisis Globally, 263 million children do not go to school. Another 330 million youngsters go to school but are not learning. Not only must the global education community expand children’s access to…

Thanks to Kathleen Kelly Janus for contributing this piece. She is a social entrepreneur, author, and lecturer at the Stanford Program on Social Entrepreneurship.  Failure, and knowing when to admit failure, are critical to the…

Less Than 21% of Rural Zimbabwe is Electrified. Once the sun sets, which happens remarkably quickly in this southern African country, if you don’t live in an urban hub, there’s a four in five chance…