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1. Leadership Profile: Maya Enista Smith, Executive Director of the Born This Way Foundation
2. Leadership Profile: Back on My Feet's Cathryn Sanderson
3. Causes to Effect: New Mechanisms for Uniting Research and Practice
4. Corporate Accountability Lab: A New Legal Social Lab Disrupting the Crisis of Corporate Impunity
5. Aspire Career Academy - Paving Career Paths for the Next Generation of Workers
6. BallotReady: It Should Be Easy to Vote, and Vote Informed
7. Charting the Life Course for Persons with IDD and their Families: Moving from Principles to Practice
8. Allies, Inc. and Social Enterprises
9. One Size Fits All Does Not Fit Medicaid's Most Vulnerable
10. Leveraging Transparency and Engagement to Achieve Organizational Success: A Profile of Philabundance's Glenn Bergman
11. Challenges of "Employment First"
12. Brief History and Future of Intellectual Disability Services in America
13. How Policy Efforts for the Intellectual and Developmental Disability Community Can Foster Innovation
14. Innovative New School and Residential Campus Meets Distinct Needs of Autism Community
15. Creating Integrated Employment Jobs for People with Acquired Brain injury
16. Making the Blind Resources in India Work at Par with the Sighted Counterparts
17. Taking Social Enterprise to the Next Level: Business is Booming
18. PHMC's Melissa Fox Leads Through Determination and a Passion for Mission
19. Resourceful Leadership Delivered with Care: An Interview with Linda Peyton of the Legal Clinic for the Disabled
20. Leveraging Technology in Support of People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
21. Innovation in Supports Coordination for Justice Involved Individuals with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities
22. Critical Case Review Committee: A Systems Approach to Reducing Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
23. Innovative Practices Supporting Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families Throughout the Lifespan
24. Raising Isaiah
25. Leadership Profile: From Harrisburg, PA to Africa, Tanya Weaver Fearlessly Leads AFC AIDS
26. Benefits Data Trust: Using Data to Deliver Services Where They Are Needed Most
27. How Using Data Makes the City of Boston Stronger
28. Taking Care of Business in the 21st Century: A New Service Model for Entrepreneurs at the Free Library of Philadelphia
29. Building A Data-Driven Nonprofit Sector in Philadelphia
30. The Center for Grieving Children: Fostering Better Outcomes for Philadelphia's Youth after Traumatic Loss
31. BeHeardPhilly: Voices to Data to Change
32. Investor's Circle: Providing Collaborative and Mission-Based Early-Stage Investment Support
33. From Goldman Sachs to the San Diego Fire Department: Lessons Learned of the Journey
34. How For-Profit Businesses Can Empower the Poor
35. Changing Lives One Bar of Soap at a Time
36. Social Enterprise: Creating Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities
37. Social Innovation and Software: A Primer
38. Impact Investing in 2016 – An Industry in its Next Phase of Growth
39. Sustaining a Two-Generation Strategy: A Social Enterprise Opportunity
40. A Tale of Crisis and Opportunity
41. Community Development through More Inclusive Urban Place-Making: Challenges and Opportunities for the Urban Revitalization Field
42. Leadership Profile: Mr. Wesley R. Payne IV, Board Chair, Bethesda Project Partner, White & WIlliams LLP
43. Q&A: Are Fortune 500 Companies the Only Organizations That Can Deftly Execute at Local Levels?
44. Time for a Change: Diaper Need, The Scourge Right Under Our Noses
45. Unifying Divided Government: The Case of Pennsylvania’s Successful Housing Trust Fund Campaign
46. The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation: A Decade of Success Investing in Neighborhoods and Communities
47. Thirty Years in the Making: The Dramatic Evolution of Fishtown, East Kensington and Port Richmond
48. Innovating Nonprofits: The Case of Episcopal Community Services in Philadelphia
49. Eastern Tower: A Comprehensive Approach to Addressing Community Needs
50. Social Sector Evolution Best Practices: Social Innovations Labs White Paper
51. New Leash on Life USA: A Circle of Second Chances
52. Philanthropy’s Purpose-driven Agenda
53. Laura Kind McKenna and The Patricia Kind Family Foundation: The Race Toward More Impactful Philanthropy
54. The Lab Experience: The Value Proposition of Social Innovations Incubators & Labs
55. Public Health Innovation Fund: Creating Public Health Social Enterprises
56. Three Key Approaches for Social Enterprise Entities to Partner with Fortune Most Admired Companies
57. Eclipse of the Nonprofit Corporation: The Market for Nonprofit Control and Why it Matters
58. The Case for Nonprofits to Think Like For Profits: Ensuring Long-term Success
59. To Go Far, Go Together: The Trend toward Solving Social Issues through Collaborative Effort
60. In Search of the Dreaded ‘M Word’
61. The Power of Coalition: Leveraging Fiscal Sponsorship and Shared Services as a Platform for Partnerships
62. Our Neighborly Giant
63. The Formula for a Successful Nonprofit Collaboration
64. Mission First and ACHIEVEability Team Up To Supercharge Their Strengths
65. The Myths and Reality of Nonprofit Collaboration: Observations from Six Years in the Trenches
66. United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Merger Update Successes and Challenges
67. Legacy Treatment Services- Lessons Learned and Such
68. Affiliating for Growth
69. Even if You’re in the 1% Club, Why You Should be Concerned About Poverty
70. Promise Zone Philadelphia: Philadelphian Synergy Breaking West Philly’s Poverty
71. United Way VISTA Volunteers: Helping Working Families Make Ends Meet
72. Innovative Leadership Allows For Unique Service Model In City Government
73. Amachi: The Story of an Organization, its Leader and Growing Capacity
74. Mediating Community Partnerships: Spread the Word!
75. How Coalitions Are Strengthening AmeriCorps VISTA’s Mission in Philadelphia: An Example from Philly Fellows and the Center for Literacy
76. Thirteen Lessons from Fifty Years of Anti-Poverty Policy and Research
77. AmeriCorps VISTA – 50 Years of National Service
78. Who Is Involved in The Read! by 4th Campaign
79. Leading Transactions and Driving Economic Growth: John Grady at PIDC
80. PhillyRising
81. Vision-Strategy-Space-Design-Culture: The New Paradigm
82. PIDC and Weavers Way Co-op: Bringing a Co-op Retail Store to Chestnut Hill
83. Drexel University’s Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships: A New Path in University and Community Relationship Building
84. Developing Future Leaders Through The Fund For Children
85. Legacy Youth Tennis and Education
86. Using Data to Inform an OST Continuous Quality Improvement Process
87. Innovation Responds: Red Paw Emergency Relief
88. Supporting Social Innovation in our Region Through Fiscal Sponsorship
89. GO! Athletes: Using Personal Narratives to Overcome Homophobia in Sports
90. Transforming the Culture of Philadelphia’s Child Welfare System The Power of Community Collaboration to Improve Outcomes for Children
91. Cultivating the Next Generation of Leadership Talent
92. Innovation in Preparedness
93. Focused Deterrence in Philadelphia: Fighting Crime with Redemption and Hope
94. Finding Peace with Parking: A Symbolic Change
95. Sustaining Sustainability: Interview with Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia
96. Can Government Leaders Drive Innovation for your Social Enterprise?
97. The Philanthropy Column
98. Thinking Clearly About Public/Private Partnerships
99. The Public/Philanthropic Partnership: The Your Way Home Montgomery County Story
100. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 3): Assessment and Implementation: ASSESSMENT TOOL
101. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 3): Assessment and Implementation
102. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 2): Framework for an Innovative Jurisdiction
103. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation (Part 1): Mechanics, Partners and Clusters
104. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation - About the Series
105. Improving the Local Landscape for Innovation - Summary
106. Public Innovation: The Opportunity and the Challenge
107. Re-Innovating Government: Still the City of Firsts
108. Improving Outcomes for Children (IOC): How Single Case Management and Community Involvement Are Changing the Landscape of Child Welfare in Philadelphia
109. Transforming the Philadelphia Government’s Conventional Budget Allocation Process to a Data- and Performance-Driven Budget Process
110. Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab (PSIL): Cultivating Innovations for Impact
111. The Pancake Method: Social Innovation and Young People in Europe’s Cities
112. Connecting the Dots: Creating an Environment for Innovation to Flourish
113. An Innovative Approach to Collaboration: United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey
114. The New Human Services Industry: Changing the World for the Profit or For the Better?
115. Interview: The Dynamic Duo Behind Connecting and Shaping Future Leaders
116. Strengthening Programs and Services for Immigrant Seniors in Challenging Economic Times
117. When money is at the root of domestic violence, financial literacy can be a lifesaver
118. The Latino Voter ID Workgroup: A Case Study of Collaborative Leadership in Philadelphia's Barrio
119. Put the money in your mission: How leveraging shared services can reduce the business costs of running a nonprofit
120. Two Sector Leaders Collaborate to Yield High-Impact Outcomes
121. Policy Change To Aid Immigrant Youth Spurs Collaboration: The Formation of the Philadelphia Deferred Action Network (P-DAN)
122. Philadelphia Refugee Health Collaborative
123. United Way and Tabor Services, Inc.
124. PathWays PA and Women In Transition: A Partnership to Better Serve Women
125. Surrey Services for Seniors
126. The Freedom Rings Partnership: Community-Focused Collaboration
127. The Transformative Possibilities of Nonprofit Collaboration
128. Creating the Perfect Storm
129. Still Crazy (About Being Partners) After All These Years
130. The Sage Partners
131. YMCA Mergers
132. Futures Forward: The Merger of Philadelphia Futures and White-Williams Scholars
133. Merger Myths
134. Independence Foundation Public Interest Law Fellowships
135. A World Class Future Built on Trust
136. When Our Networks Need Networks: Designing A New Infrastructure for Collaboration and Collective Impact in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
137. The Emerging Market for Nonprofit Control: Business Model Implications
138. Building a Culture of Collaboration
139. Book Review: Genership 1.0, A New Word for a New Leadership Practice
140. Turning Points for Children: Merging for the Future
141. Innovations through Partnerships in Recovery: A Case Study of Public Health Management Corporation and Interim House
142. Sink or Swim: Using Crowdfunding to Support the Uninsured
143. Engaging within Emerging Markets in the United States
144. The Path to Innovation and Creativity Runs Through Diversity
145. Connecting Unemployment Exhaustees to Critical Benefits: An Innovative Outreach and Enrollment Model
146. Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal and the Philadelphia Social Innovations Lab: Taking Ideas from Inception to Impact
147. Impact Investing: Financial, Social, Environmental
148. Revitalizing Communities, One Neighborhood at a Time: The Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Neighborhood Grants Program
149. Scaling Visionary Solutions to Improve the Health of Vulnerable Populations: The Case of the Green House Project
150. "The Tao of Twitter" by Mark W. Schaefer. 96 pages. Published by Create Space, a division of Amazon Publishing (2011).
151. From Social Entrepreneur to Good Company
152. Impactful Corporate Philanthropy Comes from Within
153. Playworks: Scaling a Great Idea
154. A Philadelphia CleanTech Start-Up Story: Interview with Social Entrepreneur, Elinor Haider, CEO of NovaThermal Energy
155. The Doer Donor Relationship: Interview with Scott Gordon and Brook J. Lenfest
156. Interview with The Center for High Impact Philanthropy: Kat Rosqueta and Carol McLaughlin
157. Can Philanthropy Get into the Shared Space Game?
158. Case Study: Depaul USA and Social Franchising
159. It’s All About Impact
160. Give More Than Money, Get More Than Thanks
161. The globalislocal Fund: A Hands-On Approach to Impact Philanthropy
162. Program-Related Investments: An Accountant’s Point of View
163. Collective Giving: Democratizing Philanthropy Through Collaborative Funding
164. Collaborations: A Key To Impact
165. Innovations in Philanthropy: New and Old Foundations Learning from Each other with Place-Based Giving and Place-Based Investing
166. Philanthropy Column
167. Mural Arts on Social Practice
168. Reviving America’s Freedoms
169. Coworking in North Carolina
170. The Legacy of PHILADANCO: Broadening Appreciation and Opportunities for the Art of Dance
171. Innovation at the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS): Improving Outcomes for Children by Increasing Accountability and Strengthening Community Partnerships
172. Friends Life Care: Helping Make Sense of Long-Term Care Planning
173. Project Success: Connecting Young Adults with Aspergers with Meaningful Employment
174. Building a Coordinated System of Care: A Cross-Agency Response for Effective Services
175. Infill Philadelphia: Promoting the Importance of Quality Design in the Community Development Field
176. PolicyMap: An Innovative Data Collection and Analysis Tool for all Sectors
177. "Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds" by Scott Berkun. 195 pages. Published by Berkun Media, LLC (October 2011).
178. The Philanthropy Column: Community Impact
179. The Choice is Yours: An Innovative Alternative-to-Incarceration Program in Philadelphia
180. The Ins and Outs: INnovating through OUTsourcing
181. Camphill Village Kimberton Hills: Innovations in Intentional Supportive Community Living
182. The Future Leadership Challenge
183. Learn, Lead and Get Out of the Way
184. Is Succession Planning in the Philadelphia Region A Nonprofit Sector Misnomer?
185. In Their Own Words… Ken Trujillo
186. Building Partnerships from the Inside Out: Congreso’s Model for Service Integration
187. The Philanthropy Column
188. Shared Leadership: A Profile on Linda Katz
189. In Their Own Words… Beth Dahle
190. Jeff Brown, UpLift Solutions, and Leadership
191. A Chat about Inglis House’s Present and Future with President and CEO Gavin Kerr
192. The Salvation Army Kroc Center: An Innovative Approach to Urban Social Programming
193. Transformative Organizational Change through Hybrid Capacity-Building: The North Penn Experiment
194. Women Against Abuse and Credit Counseling Service of Delaware Valley: Empowering Women through Financial Literacy
195. Improving Core Capacity Through Agency Transformation: A Case study: Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, PA (MCHC)
196. Priorities for a New Decade: Making (More) Social Programs Work (Better)
197. Corporate Partners Council: Public Private Partnerships
198. United Way’s Strategic Partnership Conference: Creating Innovation and Impact Through Partnership: Innovative Partnership Competition
199. Planned Change: Partnering in the Age of Paradox
200. "Evil Plans: On the Road to World Domination" by Hugh MacLeod, 192 pages Published by Portfolio/Penguin February 17, 2011
201. Enterprising For Income and Lasting Change: It’s About Becoming Sustainable
202. Succession Planning: Just Do It
203. Spotlight on: Women for Social Innovation
204. Books Are Just the Beginning: On the Road to Innovation with The Free Library of Philadelphia
205. Highlight on: Research for Action
206. As We Turn the Corner, We Reflect Back on an Exciting Year
207. Innovation in Government: Mayor Nutter’s Homeless Initiative
208. Billy Beane and Outcomes: What Can Baseball Tell the Nonprofit World About Measures and Measurement?
209. What Is a Social Entrepreneur, Really
210. Social Innovations Tidbits
211. Nonprofit Board Leadership: An Essential Ingredient for High-Impact Nonprofits
212. Creating Enriched Service Environments in the Community: Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Adult Day Center
213. Expanding the Reach of Youth Mentoring Through a Scalable Site-Based Model: Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Beyond School Walls Program
214. Options in Leadership Transition
215. Creating Diverse Networks to Foster Social Innovation in the New New Orleans
216. The Community Design Collaborative: Connecting Dreamers and Designers
217. A Means to Assess Social Investment Risk – and a Plea on Behalf of the People who Need Nonprofit Organizations to Deliver the Value they Promise
218. The Battle for the Soul of the Nonprofit Sector
219. Why Effective Nonprofit Board Governance Is a Necessity
220. Children’s Crisis Treatment Center (CcTC): Bringing Mental and Behavioral Health Care to Hard-to-Reach Populations
221. Health Federation of Philadelphia: Better Client Outcomes Through Integrating Behavioral Health Care into Primary Care
222. English-Language Access for Philadelphia’s Spanish Speakers: A Simple Innovation to Reduce Juvenile Justice Placements?
223. MIMIC: Tackling the Root Causes of Juvenile Delinquency
224. Next Gen Nonprofits: Measuring the Mission
225. Motivating Social Innovators
226. Getting It Right in 2010: Ensuring a Proper Count in the U.S. Census
227. Why Magic Bullets May Miss the Mark
228. Economy Not Key in Residents' Love for Philadelphia
229. In Their Own Words... Susan Sherman
230. Improving Client Service Quality: Supervisors Mastering the Art of Integrating Facts with Values
231. For-profit Businesses with Nonprofit Ideals: An Experiment that Works at RHD
232. The End of Charity: How to Fix the Nonprofit Sector Through Effective Social Investing
233. Exploring the Dimensions of the Nonprofit Leader