Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Stanford Social Innovation Review is a quarterly publication, available both as a magazine and an online platform, created by the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University. As stated on their website, it focuses on "cross-sector solutions to global challenges" and is aimed at social change leaders from the nonprofit, business, and government sectors who believe that collaboration is essential for addressing issues related to environmental, social, and economic justice. The first issue was released in Spring 2003.

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Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems by Adam Kahane, excerpt

1 week ago | ssir.org | Adam Kahane

Everyday Habits for Transforming Systems: The Catalytic Power of Radical Engagement Adam Kahane 200 pages, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2025 Buy the book » After 35 years working alongside leading changemakers around the world, I started to ask a fundamental question: How can each of us contribute to transforming the systems we are part of? My answer is crystallized in the notion of “radical engagement” with a system. This doesn’t mean participating in that system distractedly, resigned,...
Last Look | Articles

2 weeks ago | ssir.org | Marcie Bianco

Images that inspire (more) Monument to a Peanut Farmer By The landmark in Plains, Georgia, gives a nod to the late president’s big grin and humble beginnings. Elephants in New York By The traveling exhibition The Great Elephant Migration raises awareness about the survival of the elephant species and our mutual coexistence.
Organizational Development

2 weeks ago | ssir.org | Chana Schoenberger |Sean Gibbons |Tristan Mohabir |Sandhya Nakhasi

Organizational Development Decentralized Workplace Companies that adopt nonhierarchical organizational structures require deliberate efforts and collective planning to succeed.
Civic Engagement

2 weeks ago | ssir.org | Chana Schoenberger |Sarah Murray |Deepti Doshi |Michelle Nunn

Civic Engagement Democratic Giving Wealth Shared empowers a collective of people to determine grantmaking decisions. Leadership President Carter’s Inspiring Model of Civic Leadership By 2 His post-presidency demonstrated a special combination of bold aspiration coupled with strategic, detailed, and sustained execution.
Philanthropy & Funding

2 weeks ago | ssir.org | Marianne Dhenin |Darren Isom |Cora Daniels |Lyell Sakaue

Philanthropy & Funding Funders, Do Your !!@%@#! Job. By 2 Be a real advocate for those we’re trying to serve. Be accountable for impact. Philanthropy & Funding 8 Myths of US Philanthropy The Giving List Women believes that investing in women and girls helpseveryone thrive.
Human Rights Topic

2 weeks ago | ssir.org | Marianne Dhenin |Puja Changoiwala |Lina Srivastava |Adam Burden

Technology Inclusivity in Generative AI Should Be an Attribute, Not an Add-On By & With gen AI support, humanoid robots can help people with disabilities conquer long-standing barriers to inclusivity and independence in the workplace and beyond. If, that is, their design mirrors the inclusivity they are built to provide.
Advancing the Impact of Collaborative Funds (SSIR)

1 month ago | ssir.org | Alison Powell |Chris Addy |Gayle Martin

You'll get email alerts when there is new content in this series. The social sector has experienced an explosion in the number and diversity of collaborative funds during the last 15 years across geographies and issue areas.
Learning From a Decade of Collaborative Philanthropy

1 month ago | ssir.org | Alison Powell |Chris Addy |Gayle Martin

Collaborative giving has surged over the past 10 years. Indeed, nearly half of the 300-plus collaborative funds—entities that pool or channel resources from multiple donors to nonprofits—that responded to Bridgespan’s annual survey of collaboratives were founded in the last decade. There’s a good reason for this increase: Executed well, philanthropic collaboratives offer donors the chance to multiply the impact of their giving.
Mercy Corp Uses Data and AI for Preemptive Humanitarian Aid

1 month ago | ssir.org | Andrew Mambondiyani

Human Rights Mercy Corps leverages satellite data and AI to preemptively send emergency relief to people ahead of natural disasters. To read this article and start a full year of unlimited online access, subscribe now! Subscribe Now Already a subscriber? Login Need to register for your premium online access,which is included with your paid subscription? Register Now Support SSIR’s coverage of cross-sector solutions to global challenges.
Bonton Farms Offers Place-Based Model of Systems Change Through Bonding and Bridging Capital

1 month ago | ssir.org | Seth Kaplan

Daron Babcock did not have a plan when he first visited Bonton. It was 2011, and he was searching for meaning after a difficult decade. After his wife died at 31, he battled depression and drug addiction, then became subsumed by a frantic work schedule while raising his two kids alone. He was introduced to Bonton, a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, as a weekly Saturday volunteer in a Christian program called BridgeBuilders, which helped men seeking to turn around their lives.