A Plea to Foundations and Philanthropists to Aim for System Change, to Focus on Indirect Impact, and to Fund in a Way That Leaves Room for Learning and Adaptation
Abstract
At Ashoka, we work with social ventures that try to solve social problems in new and creative ways. Unfortunately, it is still hard to mobilize the support that effective social innovations need to change the systems that are ultimately responsible for these problems in the first place. Social entrepreneurs, donors, and intermediaries need to ask themselves: how can we fight the root causes of social problems rather than merely treating the symptoms?
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