Blog

  • A night of innovation, inspiration, and impact

    Eight social justice nonprofits featured at SIF's 2023 Social Innovator Showcase

    The 2023 Social Innovators took to the stage to present their work to an audience of funders, philanthropists, and others on May 17.

  • Moving Money off the Sidelines and into Community-Based Organizations

    The new Social Innovator Fund helps donors direct resources more efficiently to local nonprofits
    By
    Melissa Duggan

    SIF has launched a new vehicle to help donors direct resources more efficiently to local nonprofit organizations.

  • Motivate and Inspire Others Through the Power of Storytelling

    Veronica Baron of the Ariel Group shares the strategies she recently taught the 2023 Innovators
    By
    Malathi Reddy

    Developing presence to connect and inspire

  • Gaining Momentum in CORE

    Updates about SIF’s national initiative as we near the end of our cohort learning.
    By
    Susan Musinsky

    Updates about SIF’s national initiative as we near the end of our cohort learning. 

  • Education & Youth
    Women & Girls

    Innovator Photo Sessions

    Trips to MissionSAFE & chica project
    By
    Jameelah Julien
    Radhika Srivastava

    Two SIF staff members visit some of our Innovator Photo Sessions from this year's Social Innovator cohort

  • Centering Trust And Strengthening Relationships

    Reflecting on SIF’s Partnership with The Miriam Fund
    By
    Aditi Dholakia

    Reflecting on SIF’s Partnership with The Miriam Fun

  • Susan’s End of Year Reflection

    Many exciting shifts and changes for the new year
    By
    Susan Musinsky

    Susan Musinsky, SIF's Executive Director, reflects on the past year including the new CORE initiative, SIF staff promotions, Board growth to support SIF's vision of creating a more equitable Greater Boston

     

     

  • Entry Points for Change

    Sometimes you just need to start somewhere
    By
    Melissa Duggan

    Our team knew big changes were needed to our flagship Social Innovator Accelerator selection process but struggled with the complexity and time needed to get to where we wanted to go. Identifying entry points to change is helping us to make substantial progress in the near-term while working toward a long-term vision for change.

  • Andy Mendez, MBA Core Fellow, conducts literature review

    Andy shares more findings from her literature review
    By
    Andy Mendez

    Andy Mendez, MBA CORE Fellow, shares important articles highlighting the gaps in the national conversation about place-based social impact work. 

  • Advocacy & Civic Engagement

    The Power of No

    One simple word that can change the trajectory of your organization, career, and well-being.
    By
    Kimberly Paterson

    On Thursday, February 2, 2023 SIF will host an Executive Director (ED) Circle on “The Power of No", a conversation led by Kimberly Paterson.