Guidance by Issue Area

High Impact Opportunities by Issue Area
Education & Youth
Early School Success: Recovering Learning and Accelerating Gains
Early Childhood Toolkit
Two-Generation Lens: Helping Children by Helping Families
Reconnected: Opportunity Youth Toolkit
High Impact Opportunities for Improving Teaching Quality
Pathways to Student Success
COVID Response
2022 High Impact Giving Guide: How to Support a Just Recovery From COVID
2021 Annual Guide: High Impact Giving in the Age of COVID
COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Mental Health
India’s Second COVID Wave: How Can I Help?
Charting Impact: Findings from the COVID Dashboard and Lessons for the Road Ahead
Regional COVID Response Dashboard
COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can I Help?
Democracy & Society
We the People: A Philanthropic Guide to Strengthen Democracy
5 Elements of a Strong Democracy
Mental Health & Addiction
COVID-19 Pandemic: Supporting Mental Health
Health in Mind: A Philanthropic Guide for Mental Health and Addiction
Lifting the Burden of Addiction
Women and Girls
Women’s Index: Developing a Tool for Aligning Financial Investments with Gender Equity
The XX Factor: A Framework and Guidebook for Improving the Lives of Women and Girls
Reducing Structural Inequality
Choosing Change: Analyzing Philanthropic Opportunities to Address Structural Inequality
A Broad View of How Philanthropy Can Help Any Social Issue
Poverty & Hunger
Guaranteed Income: A Primer for Donors
High Impact Philanthropy in the Downturn
Donor Strategies to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Food Funder Compass
Philanthropy & Investing Strategies
Talent for Giving: Building the Team to Help You Do Good
Program-Related Investments
Aligning Capital: Mission-Related Investments and Case Study
The XX Factor: How to Align Financial Investments to Improve the Lives of Women & Girls
Women’s Index: Developing a Tool for Aligning Financial Investments with Gender Equity
4 Common Pitfalls When Building Your Team & How to Avoid Them
100 and Change: Bold Ideas for Social Impact
Disaster and Humanitarian Relief
Israel/Gaza Crisis: How Can I Help?
Earthquake in Turkey & Syria: How Can I Help?
Ukraine: How Can I Help?
Phases of Disaster Relief
Disaster Relief: Help Now, Help Later, Help Better
Effective Crisis Grantmaking
Charting Impact: Findings from the COVID Dashboard
COVID-19 Pandemic: How Can I Help?
Global Health
Community-Based Approaches to Health
Improving Child Survival Rates
Lifting the Burden of Malaria
About High Impact Philanthropy
What is High Impact Philanthropy?
Rethinking the E Word
Seeking Confidence in Your Impact? Broaden Your Definition of Evidence
The Assessment Cycle: How to Learn and Improve for High Impact Philanthropy
Beyond Compliance: Measuring to Learn, Improve, and Create Positive Change
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Impact?
Five Myths and a Question About Impact
Linking Cost and Impact
High Impact Giving Guide 2022
Annual Giving Guide

2022 High Impact Giving Guide

2021 High Impact Giving Guide

2020 High Impact Giving Guide

2019 High Impact Giving Guide

2018 High Impact Giving Guide

2016-17 High Impact Giving Guide