Blog

  • Announcing the 2018 Social Innovator Finalists

    Eight Social Innovators to be selected in early December
    By
    Tanya Inwald

    The Social Innovation Forum is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 Social Innovator Accelerator cohort.

  • Governance and Family Philanthropy

    An effective governance structure can sustain achievement of a family’s philanthropic goals across generations.
    By
    Michael Haroz

    What if governance was viewed not only through the lens of necessity but also as a way to articulate the achievement of philanthropic goals?

  • Sponsored coworking memberships for organizations supporting immigrants and refugees

    Eastern Bank and Social Innovation Forum offer office space and access to workshops, training, and more to help nonprofits build capacity.
    By
    Melissa Duggan and Anna Trieschmann

    With sponsorship from the Eastern Bank Foundation, SIF is offering up to a year of free coworking to individuals/nonprofit organizations

  • Defending the Dreamers

    What we can do to help undocumented immigrants

    At SIF we are all feeling challenged by the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)

  • Moving On: Reflections on a Decade with SIF

    Associate Director Katie Barnett shares her SIF journey
    By
    Katie Barnett

    Little did Katie Barnett know a short-term consulting project with SIF would be the beginning of a ten-year journey of learning

  • Coworking Q&A with Matthew Henry, Exceptional Lives

    By
    Anna Trieschmann

    What is it like to work in Boston’s only coworking space by nonprofit professionals for nonprofit professionals? 

  • Thinking about Youth Development as a Process

    Reflections of an SIF Summer Intern
    By
    Hannah Coy

    SIF summer intern Hannah Coy explores youth development organizations in greater Boston.

  • Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation, August 26 - September 1

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Sylvia Dao

    The final part of this summer's "Putting the 'Social' in Social Innovation" blog series to showcase our past Innovators and Entrepreneurs

  • Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation, August 19-25

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Sylvia Dao

    The eleventh part of this summer's "Putting the 'Social' in Social Innovation" blog series to showcase our past Innovators and Entrepreneurs

  • Putting the "Social" in Social Innovation, August 12 - 18

    Your Weekly Guide to Exciting Events in Greater Boston
    By
    Sylvia Dao

    The tenth part of this summer's "Putting the 'Social' in Social Innovation" blog series to showcase our past Innovators and Entrepreneurs