Category: Smart Risks
For your summer/winter reading list
Sharing excerpts from the 8th pages of the following books that have been on my reading list this year, in celebration of how-matters.org’s 8th year!
What you need to know to take more “smart risks”
What is a “smart risk”? And why are they important…and different?
Rigorous humility: Seeking a healthier relationship with results
Ambiguity abounds in the social good sector! Why and how we can be more ok with that.
What’s so “risky” about funding at the grassroots level?
Sharing an excerpt from the introduction of the book, Smart Risks: How small grants are helping to solve some of the world’s biggest problems.
Why I wrote about “smart risks” in philanthropy and why I would frame it differently now
What is so “risky” about placing relatively small amounts of money in the hands of people addressing challenges in their own communities?
Five years in the making
There is a growing number of small NGOs and foundations specializing in offering direct funding to grassroots leaders. And 20+ of them have come together to write a book!