posted August 18
by Andrew Wolk
With the establishment of the White House Office of Social Innovation, the announcement of the Social Innovation Fund awardees earlier this summer, and last week’s article on social innovation in the Economist, social innovation is now officially the hot term of the day – so hot that there is a danger that it will end up meaning nothing.
posted August 16
by Kelley Kreitz
Last week’s article on social innovation in The Economist marks another milestone in the development of the field of social entrepreneurship and innovation.
posted August 12
by Susan Musinsky
Recently, the Social Innovation Forum and Signature In-Kind Partner The Ariel Group did business that was a win on both sides. What does this really mean in our work?
posted August 5
by Abby Fung
Root Cause is ecstatic to announce that the bi-partisan Medical-Legal Partnership for Health Act, which authorizes $10 million to create a federal Medical-Legal Partnership demonstration and evaluation program, was introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on July 29, 2010.
Root Cause has worked with the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership since 2009 to...
posted July 28
by Elisabeth Ericson
Beginning this Thursday, July 29, the Harvard Kennedy School is letting the public sit in on candid conversations between pairs of social innovation leaders as part of its Power of Social Innovation Series. The webinars will be free with advance registration and, after the conversation, will allow the audience to interact with the presenters. Topics include how government funding...
posted July 23
by Elisabeth Ericson
Patrick Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, yesterday announced the list of grantees selected for the government's $50 million Social Innovation Fund. The inaugural portfolio consists of 11 intermediary grantees, which will then distribute the funds to an array of competitively selected subgrantees.
posted July 13
by Julie Babyatzky
With the generous support of the EOS Foundation, Social Impact Research (SIR), the research division of Root Cause, brought together representatives from the government, philanthropic, and nonprofit sectors at the Omni Parker House on July 7th to discuss school readiness in Massachusetts.
To listen to the full conference, click here.
posted June 18
by EmilyC
This week Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) introduced “The Nonprofit Sector and Community Solutions Act” (H.R. 5533). The purpose of this bill is to improve coordination between the nonprofit sector and the federal government by establishing a bipartisan, 16-member U.S. Council on Nonprofit Organizations and Community Solutions, as well as the Interagency Working Group on Nonprofit Organizations and...
posted June 16
by Sari
As the United States embarks on a new era of health care reform, many organizations are finding new opportunities for innovative partnerships and collaborations across sectors to reduce health disparities.
posted June 8
by EmilyC
On a beautiful Wednesday afternoon, the Root Cause staff was able to escape their offices and cubicles for a few hours of gardening with 2008 Social Innovator, CitySprouts, at the Amigos School in Cambridge. While pruning trees and painting plant markers, the staff learned about CitySprouts’ program model and growth.
