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Resources developed during the research phase are available here. They are not intended as best practices, proof points, or policy recommendations. Their purpose is to surface patterns, test assumptions, and support open inquiry. Please consider them as inputs to a broader system-level conversation.

This resource library will evolve. Materials may be added, reframed, or recontextualised as the research progresses. All changes and reinterpretations will be clearly communicated.

Case Studies

Insights from practice

Case studies are indicative examples from practice. They reveal recurring dynamics that may be analytically useful but are not representative of the entire domain. These studies show how different actors navigate constraints, address coordination gaps, and experiment with informal or emergent solutions when resources are limited.

Rebuilding Volunteer Fundraising Infrastructure

Standardised governance and payments stabilised volunteer fundraising under thin margins.

Governance, Impact Diffusion, Scalability

Piloting Sick Pay for Insecure Workers (Victoria)

State-funded pilot tested coverage, delivery, and impacts for casual and gig workers.

Capital, Measurement, Risk Absorption

Embedding HCD in National Disability Services

Institutionalising design and evidence aligns policy and delivery at scale.

Accountability, Governance, Measurement, Scalability

Co-designing an Assistive Key Retrieval Tool

Makeathon-built solutions needs funding, standards and evidence to scale safely.

Capital, Measurement, Scalability

Co-creating Global Museum Engagement Guidelines

Museums co-created guidelines aligning language, evidence, and practice across jurisdictions.

Governance, Impact Diffusion, Measurement, Scalability

Benchmarking for Inclusive Arts Funding

A lack of evidence infrastructure necessitated a festival-level workaround to support Midsumma’s grant advocacy.

Accountability, Capital, Impact Diffusion, Measurement

Publications

These publications provide conceptual framing, explore the domain, and surface research insights. They clarify language and assumptions, offering opportunities for engagement.

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Glossary

Below is a definition of key terms.

For Good domain

This area of economic activity is defined by mission primacy, hybrid financing, and structurally diffuse value capture, and includes the so-called Third and Fourth sectors.

Third sector

Organisations that are independent of government, values-driven, and operate under a non-distribution constraint, reinvesting any surplus into their mission rather than distributing it to owners or shareholders.

Fourth sector

Organisations that generate income through commercial activities while focusing on a primary mission of social good, using private capital to address global challenges.

Mission primacy

A principle in which social or public value outcomes are prioritized over maximising financial returns.

Hybrid financing

The use of mixed philanthropic, public, and commercial capital to support mission-driven activities.

Structurally diffuse value capture

A situation in which societal benefits are distributed among stakeholders and not fully retained by the organisations that generate them.

Coordination mechanism

A shared structure or function, such as data standards or intermediaries, that supports collective effectiveness within the domain.

Public value

Outcomes that provide social, environmental, or economic benefits to the public beyond the interests of individual organisations.