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Digital Impact was created by the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford PACS and was managed until 2024. It is no longer being updated.

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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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Digital Impact Grants 2017 Cycle Now Open!

Good Data Grants are back – as Digital Impact Grants! Digital Impact is very pleased to announce the opening of the…

Digital Security for Civil Society

Listen to Lucy Bernholz, Josh Levy, and Kate McKenney discuss challenges, strategies, and processes for creating a strong practice and…

Moving Society Into the Digital

“For too long, ‘partnership’ efforts have been far more about getting perceived ‘developing’ countries to be more like ‘developed’ countries.”

Three Concepts of Social Sector Transformation

Alix Dunn of The Engine Room defines three concepts of transformation in the social sector and explains how they’re connected.

Building Better Data Policies with Digital Impact

“For the first time, we had to develop organizational guidelines to distinguish between public and private data,” writes Kevin Clark—a reflection on the challenge of reworking his organization’s grants process and building new data policies to reflect its mission.

Digital Policy and Practice for the Nonprofit Sector

On Jan. 17, Stanford’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (home of Digital Impact) hosted Digital Impact: Policy and Practice for the Nonprofit…

Announcing the Digital Impact World Tour

Digital data offers a world of possibilities for civil society to achieve greater impact – data transforms how we operate,…

Introducing: Digital Impact

We’re thrilled to announce that we’re bringing all our communities of digital do-gooders under one roof. Today we will begin…

The Missing Power of the Beneficiary

Have you ever thought about the power you hold in your wallet? Consumers in a capitalist economy, taken collectively, change…

Philanthropy Blueprint 2017

“Especially in uncertain times the organizations and activists who make up civil society need to understand, protect, advocate for, and…