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Philanthropy

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Health Partnerships

Step aside, Stephen Covey. Kent Buse and Andrew M. Harmer have discovered seven new highly effective habits. And theirs may help rid the world of its more deadly diseases, rather than just upping people's productivity.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Spring 2007
 

Social Innovations

Review: Just Money

Karoff reveals how wise donors operate.

By Peter Frumkin | Winter 2004
 

Social Innovations

Review: How to Change the World

Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.

By Mark R. Kramer | Summer 2004
 
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Philanthropy

Bettering Beantown

Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.

By Betsy Haley | Spring 2007
 
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Philanthropy

Sound and Fury

Much public affairs lingo, such as "capacity," signifies nothing in particular. The nonprofit and public sectors have more than their share of this vocabulary. There are a handful of toxic words and phrases that have a way of polluting any stream of consciousness, muddying the concepts and making it impossible to see what facts and arguments (if any) lie below the surface.

By Tony Proscio | Spring 2007
 
Going Global: Transforming Relief and Development NGOs
Marc Lindenberg and Coralie Bryant

Nonprofit Management

Going Global

The leaders of international humanitarian organizations, such as CARE and Oxfam talk candidly about management strategy, organizational goals, advocacy, accountability, and partnerships.

Reviewed By David F. Suarez | Spring 2003
 
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Philanthropy

How Nonprofits Get Really Big

Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.

By William Foster & Gail Fine | 5 | Spring 2007
 
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Philanthropy

Luck of the Draw

Grantees of foundations have little control over which program officer takes their case. Yet program officers make or break grantees’ experiences with foundations. To trigger social change, foundations must give program officers better training, clearer expectations, and regular performance feedback.

By Kevin Bolduc, Phil Buchanan, & Ellie Buteau | 1 | Spring 2007
 

Philanthropy

Fishing for Donations

Why nonprofits should let donors give back their fundraising incentives.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Spring 2007
 

Social Innovations

Review: The Business of Changing the World

Twenty Great Leaders on Strategic Corporate Philanthropy.

By Regina Starr Ridley | Spring 2007