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Nonprofits

Research: How to Survive the Recession

The current recession has left few nonprofits unscathed and has hit theaters particularly hard. Creative entrepreneurial changes have proven more effective than the traditional belt-tightening.

By Alana Conner | Fall 2009
 
SELF-RENEWAL:
The Individual and
the Innovative
Society
John W. Gardner

Social Innovations

Staying Vibrant and Curious

Self-Renewal: The Individual and the Innovative Society by John Gardner

Reviewed By Jacqueline Novogratz | 6 | Fall 2009
 
FREEDOM
FROM WANT: The
Remarkable Success
Story of BRAC, the
Global Grassroots
Organization That’s
Winning the Fight
Against Poverty
Ian Smillie

Social Innovations

The House That BRAC Built

Freedom from Want: The Remarkable Success Story of BRAC, the Global Grassroots Organization That's Winning the Fight Against Poverty by Ian Smillie

Reviewed By Sally Osberg | 1 | Fall 2009
 
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Social Innovations

Social Entrepreneurship Revisited

Social entrepreneurship is one of the most alluring terms on the problem-solving landscape today. The question is not whether social entrepreneurship is a term in
good currency, but what it actually means.

By Paul C. Light | 21 | Summer 2009
 

Social Innovations

What’s Next: White House Digs Innovation

Social innovation now has an official place in the White House.

By Suzie Boss | Summer 2009
 
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Social Innovations

Research: Think Passionate

Investors screen for entrepreneurial passion when making funding decisions.

By Alana Conner | Summer 2009
 

Social Innovations

What’s Next: Hedge Funds for Good

Uhuru Capital Management manages a conventional fund of hedge funds, but with an attention to social values.

By Suzie Boss | 1 | Summer 2009
 

Nonprofits

What’s Next: Social Entrepreneurs Take the Leads

Skoll and Sundance hope documentary films prove powerful in making social change.

By Jennifer Roberts | 1 | Spring 2009
 

Social Innovations

Effective Funding

How foundations can best support social innovators.

By Steven Lawry | Spring 2009
 

Social Innovations

Root Solutions

Nonprofit lender Root Capital connects rural farmers and artisans with the corporations that crave their products.

By Suzie Boss | Spring 2009