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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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From Homelessness To Human Trafficking

The astute amongst you may have noticed we at Markets For Good have started trialling SumAll.com, (amongst many other tools)…

Breaking it down: The what, why and how

Markets For Good Strategic Story, March 2013  This is the “what” and “why” of Markets For Good. The “how” is…

Markets for Good: Selected Readings

Click here to view the pdf in your browser. We’d like to announce a new eBook, highlighting our first 15 months…

Our Partners

  Collaboration is key to helping drive the campaign of Markets For Good forward, and as such, we are grateful…

Why the DATA Act Matters

The US Digital Accountability and Transparency Act is a bold bid to transform government spending information from disconnected documents into open data.

Imagining a Social Sector Powered by Information

  Creating social change is hard. And in an increasingly complex, interconnected world, the demand for tangible proof of social…

Cleveland Foundation: An Interview with Robert E. Eckardt

Introduction The Cleveland Foundation, established in 1914, is the world’s first community foundation. That’s not just a factoid, but a…

The Big Social Sector Opportunity

Looking across the digital landscape, no vertical represents a larger opportunity for innovation and improvement than the civic and social…

How to Predict the Success of a Nonprofit Program Before It Starts

Chronicle of Philanthropy’s most recent article within its ‘Measuring Up’ section begins with a statement we know all too well:…

Holding Government Accountable: The DATA Act

“On April 28, 2014, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act,…