Stanford Social Innovation Review

Stanford Social Innovation Review is an award-winning magazine covering best strategies for nonprofits, foundations, and socially responsible businesses. Published quarterly by the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Articles: Philanthropy, Responsible Investing

Date Author Category Title
Summer 2009
Alana Conner
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Research: When Swag Backfires

When donor gifts are public, social approbation is reward enough.

Summer 2009
John Wood
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing • Government • Book Reviews The Ultimate Second Act

THE UNFINISHED PRESIDENCY by Douglas Brinkley

Summer 2009
Angela M. Eikenberry
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing The Hidden Costs of Cause Marketing [Free!]

From pink ribbons to Product Red, cause marketing adroitly serves two masters, earning profits for corporations while raising funds for charities. Yet the short-term benefits of cause marketing—also known as consumption philanthropy—belie its long-term costs. These hidden costs include individualizing solutions to collective problems; replacing virtuous action with mindless buying; and hiding how markets create many social problems in the first place. Consumption philanthropy is therefore unsuited to create real social change. —By Angela M. Eikenberry

Summer 2009
Suzie Boss
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Hedge Funds for Good
Fall 2008
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Environment • Social Entrepreneurship • Corporate Social Responsibility • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Podcasts [Free!]
Spring 2009
Susan Berresford
Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing The Art of Grantmaking

MONEY WELL SPENT: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy by Paul Brest and Hal Harvey

Spring 2009
Steven Lawry
Economic Development • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Effective Funding

How foundations can best support social innovators. 

Spring 2009
Alana Conner
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Research: Saving Lives, Not Just Souls

New research estimates the value of the services provided by faith-based organizations.

Spring 2009
Alana Conner
Arts, Culture, and Religion • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Research: Why No Dimes Online

Many philanthropists refrain from online giving.

Winter 2009
Suzie Boss
Environment • Social Entrepreneurship • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Nau and Again

When Nau, an outdoor clothing start-up from Portland, Ore., launched in 2005, word on the street had it that the company would push socially responsible business to new heights. But barely a year after putting its earth-toned parkas and virgin merino wool sweaters up for sale in its übercool “webfront” stores, Nau pulled the plug. Find out how Nau tried on too much, too fast. —By Suzie Boss

Winter 2009
Joel Fleishman
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing The New Noblesse Oblige

PHILANTHROCAPITALISM: How the Rich Can Save the World by Matthew Bishop & Michael Green

Winter 2009
Jennifer Roberts
Philanthropy, Responsible Investing What’s Next: Let’s Share

A new evaluation tool allows donors and investors to track their investments and compare their data to those of organizations doing similar work. 

Fall 2008
Chitua Alozie
Education • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing They’ve Got Your Back

The Posse Foundation sends diverse students to college together so that they can lean on each other and lead their schools.

Fall 2008
William Foster
Nonprofit Management • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing Money to Grow On [Free!]

In the for-profit world, the term “investment” has clear meaning and investors have sophisticated techniques for spotting and growing the most promising companies. Yet foundations and other nonprofit donors have not developed similar clarity or approaches. As a result, the nonprofit sector’s greatest gems often languish well below their full potential. By better translating for-profit concepts, donors can learn how to scout out and grow the best nonprofits. Likewise, certain nonprofits can take a page from business’s playbook and learn how to attract cash for expansion.

Fall 2008
Jennifer Roberts
Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship • Philanthropy, Responsible Investing What’s Next: MBA Students Venture Out

MBA students turn their attention to social enterprise.

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