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  • SIF Announces the 2022 Finalists for the Social Innovator Accelerator

    Meet 26 local nonprofits working for positive social change
    By
    The SIF Team

    SIF is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2022 Accelerator cohort, representing some of the nonprofit sector's most promising leaders

  • The Social Innovation Forum Secures Funding to Lead National Initiative

    $175,000 grant from Fidelity Charitable Trustees will support convening of a National Cohort Focused on Place-Based Social Change
    By
    The SIF Team

    SIF received a $175k grant from the Fidelity Charitable Trustees’ Initiative to convene a national group of local intermediary organizations

  • Maggie Cohen's Journey at SIF

    A reflection on planning SIF's first-ever national learning cohort
    By
    Maggie Cohen

    Maggie Cohen joined the team this summer as Special Project Summer Fellow. In this post, Maggie shares her takeaways from her time at SIF! 

  • SIF's Core Values in Action

    Team Reflection on SIF's Core Values
    By
    The SIF Team

    Read more about how the SIF team reflected on how the meaning of core values in our work and how you can apply these values in your work! 

  • Reflections on The Promise of Trust-Based Philanthropy

    Taking action toward more equitable outcomes
    By
    Aditi Dholakia

    Aditi Dholakia, SIF’s Social Philanthropy Fellow, reflects on flipping the paradigm to effectively meet the needs of nonprofit leaders.

  • Inside Scoop of SIF’s Communications Department - A Forest Foundation Intern Perspective

    Reflecting on my three month internship at SIF
    By
    Isobel McCullough

    Our Summer Communications Intern, Isobel McCullough, wrote a blog on her three-month internship experience working at SIF

  • Reflections on Allocating Philanthropic Resources Equitably

    How to Prioritize Trust to Redistribute Power
    By
    Aditi Dholakia

    New blog: Reflections on Allocating Philanthropic Resources Equitably, How to Prioritize Trust to Redistribute Power

    By Aditi Dholakia

  • Recap of Courageous & Creative Leadership

    Hear more about the 2019 Cohort Accelerator journey
    By
    Jenna Nackel & Kassandra Goncalves

    On June 3, SIF hosted Courageous and Creative Leadership, an event celebrating the 2019 Innovator cohor as they complete the Accelerator

  • Reflections on SIF’s DEI Audit Journey

    DEI Audit subgroup members reflect on shared leadership and consensus-based decision making
    By
    DEI Audit Subgroup

    In November 2020, SIF began to conduct an organization-wide diversity, equity, and inclusion audit. 

  • SIF Launches 2021-2022 Social Innovator Accelerator

    Seeking nonprofits for our 24-month capacity-building program
    By
    Isobel McCullough

    Applications to our 2021-2022 Social Innovator Accelerator are now open!