social innovation

We're counting down to the 2016 Gathering of Leaders in California on March 23-24! Follow us here and on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook for live updates. One of our mantras at the Gathering of Leaders is: Collaboration is nothing without action. By bringing together leading social entrepreneurs and their counterparts from other sectors, our aim is to foster dialogue and

The following post was written by Pamela Cantor, M.D. and K. Brooke Stafford-Brizard, Ph.D. Adversity does not just happen to children, it happens inside them, through the biological mechanism of stress. It impacts health, behavior, and how they learn. For those familiar with toxic stress, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a study published in Pediatrics earlier this month

The Pay for Success (PFS) approach to driving resources to, and better outcomes from, social programs has been covered a lot on this blog. New Profit is a strong supporter of the PFS movement through our investment in the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Pay for Success Initiative (MAPFS) and America Forward's advocacy efforts to build bipartisan support for the approach among policymakers. Recently, a number of pieces in the

The following post is by Nicole Truhe, America Forward's Director of Government Affairs. As we've noted many times on this blog and across our website, policy change is a critical part of New Profit's recipe for scaling innovative social solutions, alongside investing and community building. At America Forward, New Profit's nonpartisan policy arm, we are working every day to change public

The following statement is from America Forward, New Profit's nonpartisan policy arm. America Forward applauds those members of Congress who are leading on the effort to initiate, replicate, and expand Pay for Success and the use of evidence and outcomes when making federal policy and budget decisions. In particular, we commend those Representatives and Senators who are co-sponsoring the Social

The following post is by Nicole Truhe, Government Affairs Director at America Forward.  The Pay for Success (PFS) movement is growing, thanks to committed social innovators who are looking to shake up the status quo, build dynamic cross-sector partnerships, and drive resources to higher-impact social solutions. As I noted in a recent blog post, policymakers in Washington are becoming more

Interested in receiving all of our newsletters? Sign up at the bottom right corner of our homepage. At this critical moment of opportunity to break through on some of America's toughest social challenges, New Profit's leadership team has been raising its collective voice in the media to highlight promising solutions and foster new dialogue about transformative ideas. Here are a

The following is a statement from Deborah Smolover, Executive Director of America Forward and a Managing Partner at New Profit, and Tulaine Montgomery, Partner, New Profit's Pathways Fund. New Profit and America Forward applaud the appointment of Damian Thorman as Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Social Innovation Fund (SIF). This appointment reaffirms the Obama Administration’s commitment to

The following post was written by Nicole Truhe, America Forward's Director of Government Affairs.  America Forward, New Profit's policy arm, recently brought together almost 60 organizations and thought leaders interested in the growing Pay for Success movement to provide an update on current federal legislative activity and discuss prospects for growth during this Congressional session. The cross-sector Pay for Success approach has the