At the Global Philanthropy Forum, an invitation only meeting between donors and social investors, there was a buzz about “collective impact” that may be worth a close look.

Nonprofit HR Solutions has released a report that illustrates a promising year ahead within the nonprofit sector; 43 percent of organizations interviewed are planning on hiring this year.

A new apartment complex for homeless women in Washington, D.C. serves as a model for how nonprofits are responding to increased need in communities through public and private support.

Two conscientious digerati presented divergent solutions to concerns about online aggregation and attribution at last weekend’s South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas.

Three shifts are redefining the fundamental role of nonprofits and philanthropy in our society. Are you ready?

Saras Chung worked hard to help get the social enterprise fashion project Nest on its feet, and found human capital and agility key to success.

The Wallace Foundation of New York, a practitioner of evidence based philanthropy, recently invited Bill Schambra of the Hudson Institute to challenge its own practices. Below are Schambra's comments reflecting that he is not a big fan of philanthropy overdesigning over-rational interventions for communities. Wallace president Will Miller responds. Where do you stand?

As NPQ notes the passing of 2011 and the beginnings of 2012, we want to note some trends that we think will span the two years and have profound implications for civil society, at least in the near future. These trends are overarching; they have to do with the relationship between people/communities and institutions such as government and corporations, and even nonprofits. They have to do with civil society—and with citizen (understood in its broadest sense) action. 

With great trepidation, the Cohen Report ventures forth with on-the-ledge predictions for 2012 concerning mostly the behaviors of and context for foundation grantmakers. We remind readers to take these ideas appropriately, remembering Albert Einstein's observation, "When the number of factors coming into play in a phenomenological complex is too large scientific method in most cases fails. One need only think of the weather, in which case the prediction even for a few days ahead is impossible."