In this report, the Centre for Social Impact has addressed two key questions: 1. Whether the social impact bonds concept is feasible in a New South Wales (NSW) context; and 2. Whether NSW has the necessary ingredients: market conditions, NGO capacity, social investment interest and government preparedness, for this new approach to funding.

At a time of economic downturn, nonprofit businesses share one particular characteristic that presents the greatest challenge of all -- their heavy dependence on third-party funding. In general they provide services to individuals irrespective of their ability to pay. Consequently a nonprofit's economic viability and financial security is not directly related to how good a...

This paper discusses whether corporate social responsibility programs will be necessarily cut because of hard economic times or whether now is the perfect opportunity for strategic social investment and corporate reputation building. The CSI issues papers provide analysis on a topical issue impacting the third sector.