Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2017 is an annual industry forecast about the ways it uses private resources for public benefit. Each year, the Blueprint provides an overview of the current landscape, points to major trends, and directs all attentions to horizons where everybody can expect some important breakthroughs in the future. Lucy Bernholz and GrantCraft, a service of Foundation Center, made this work, but the Stanford Social Innovation Review and Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society were key partners in the process.