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Born an Optimist
In this exclusive interview, comedian Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, makes the case for rooting out corruption and paying his opportunities forward by investing in education. You grew up in apartheid South Africa — a system …
Systems Change: Why it Matters (and Isn’t Just a Buzzword)
Experts John Kania and Cynthia Rayner lay out concrete ways that social investors can incorporate the principles of systems change into their day-to-day activities. Jordan Kassalow had his first “lightbulb” moment at the age of 23. While volunteering on …
Finding Happily Ever After
Jere Downs writes about how Abigail E. Disney lets her conscience be her guide. The Walt Disney Company films are full of secret doors and portals to other worlds. Abigail E. Disney, granddaughter and grandniece to The Walt …
Shifting Sands: Shifting Power
Degan Ali, a global champion for reforming the global aid and development ecosystem, explores how we can decolonize philanthropy. One of my strongest memories from my youth is the sting of my mother’s humiliation. She …
Ted Turner: A Social Investor in Full
Ted Turner is a pioneer in many fields, including social investing. Maura Donlan takes a look back at how Turner transformed the philanthropic ecosystem while creating early prototypes of impact-first social businesses at the same time. Ted Turner …
African Philanthropy Rising
Tsitsi and Elizabeth Tanya Masiyiwa discuss how systems thinking with a gender lens can transform philanthropy in Africa. “We need many more women with power, authority and influence — presidents, prime ministers, CEOs — they will be the key …
Brick by Brick: The Favela, the B Corp, and New Hope for Brazil
Journalist Dina Kraft writes about how Brazilian investors, philanthropists, and residents are joining forces to renovate favelas, transforming them into places to build wealth and equality. In the summer of 2012, Fernando Assad and two colleagues began …
Changing Energy for Good
Journalist Sam Howe Verhovek interviews Simon Harford, CEO of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet. GEAPP launched at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2021 with US$10 billion of committed capital, including up to US$1.5 …
The Cost of (Dis)Trust
Shaady Salehi, executive director of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, on why transparent, trusting relationships between donors and doers are key to achieving impact. As a young nonprofit executive, I once flew across the country to …
The Eye of the Storm
Through the Clara Lionel Foundation, Barbados-born singer and businesswoman Robyn “Rihanna” Fenty is supporting climate justice, writes Laurie Goering. When Hurricane Maria slammed into Dominica in 2017, 160 mph winds flattened just about everything — wiping out houses, …
