Social Impact Blog

“That’s my third basket,” I said to a friend, smiling, as I sat through a presentation at Seattle City Year's “Ripples of Hope” fundraiser last week. Then I raised my paddle.

“How can we work in concert with the public sector to grow, sustain and innovate in our communities in a time of shrinking resources?”

How do you give? Do you write a check or are you an active participant in solving complex social problems? In the forthcoming book Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors Who Change the World, Leslie Crutchfield, John Kania and Mark Kramer explore how different donors, from individuals to the largest of foundations, have played a more transformational role in solving social issues – beyond writing a check.