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Social Innovations

Profiting From Failure

What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm.

By Paul Shoemaker | Spring 2007
 
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Social Innovations

The People’s IPO

Lower-income patrons of Market Creek Plaza can now invest in the shopping center.

By Anne Stuhldreher | Winter 2007
 
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Social Innovations

Rolls-Royce Radicals

Responsible Wealth, a Boston-based nonprofit, is convincing many affluent Americans to challenge the very rules that made them rich. Far from mere check writers or “limousine liberals,” these wealthy activists work against their self-interest to stamp out inequality at its source: unfair laws and policies. Their unique strategy of using privilege to contest privilege not only has attracted the rich and famous to their ranks, but also has bent the ears of senators and CEOs.

By Sandra Rothenberg & Maureen Scully | Winter 2007
 

Philanthropy

15 Minutes with Victoria Hale

MacArthur “genius” prize winner creates drugs for the developing world.

By Eric Nee | 1 | Winter 2007
 

Social Innovations

Review: Strategic Giving

STRATEGIC GIVING: The Art and Science of Philanthropy by Pablo Eisenberg

By Pablo Eisenberg | Winter 2007
 

Social Innovations

Review: The White Man’s Burden

Why the West’s Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good

By Deborah Burand | Fall 2006
 

Philanthropy

Review: Effective Philanthropy

Organizational Success Through Deep Diversity and Gender Equality

By Kevin Bolduc | Fall 2006
 
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Social Innovations

Your Inner Philanthropist

What gets lost when donors follow their own hearts instead of recipients’ needs.

By Susan A. Ostrander | 1 | Fall 2006
 

Philanthropy

It Takes a Stick

The most generous societies in the world are also the most punishing.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | Fall 2006
 

Social Innovations

Overhead Isn’t Everything

How donors should think about nonprofit efficiency.

By Alana Conner Snibbe | 1 | Fall 2006