Kyle Harrison
concept

Social Innovation

Social Innovation

One-line definition: Cross-sector, public-private approaches to entrenched social problems — exemplified by collective-impact philanthropy and blended capital structures.

How sources describe it

  • Embodied by Destination: Home’s collective-impact model: convening public and private partners, deploying cheap/forgivable capital, and incubating data-driven systems the county later institutionalizes. (source: raw/calls/May 31st, 2018.md)
  • Corporate philanthropy (e.g. Cisco’s $50M grant) framed as a necessity of being a community partner rather than a tax on corporate partners. (source: raw/calls/May 31st, 2018.md)

Where it shows up

  • Chad Bojorquez (Destination: Home) — 2018-05-31 — collective-impact effort to end homelessness.

Conflicts

  • None.
  • Destination: Home — collective-impact model embodying social innovation: convening public/private partners, deploying forgivable capital, incubating data-driven systems the county institutionalizes.
  • Homelessness — the entrenched social problem this cross-sector approach targets.
  • Cisco — corporate philanthropy example ($50M grant) framed as a community-partnership necessity rather than a tax on the corporate partner.

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