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Nonprofits

Before You Say “I Do”

Why nonprofits should be wary of merging.

By Denise L. Gammal | Summer 2007
 

Nonprofits

Go Ahead - Pop the Question

Why more nonprofits should merge.

By Kevin T. Kirkpatrick | Summer 2007
 

Nonprofits

Laws, Not Lawyers

How states can protect nonprofit leaders and infuse more money into the sector.

By John H. Vogel Jr., Sarah Gohl Isabel, & James Sears Bryant | Summer 2007
 
BUILDING WEALTH:
The New Asset-Based
Approach to Solving
Social and Economic
Problems
Edited by the Democracy
Collaborative at the
University of Maryland

Philanthropy

Review: Building Wealth

Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems

Reviewed By Marc J. Lane | Summer 2006
 
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Philanthropy

Policing the Police

The traditional approach among human rights groups in Nigeria had been accusatory: publicize injustices or sue the government. But in January 1998, on the eve of democracy, an NGO called the CLEEN foundation set out to reform law enforcement from within.

By Catherine DiBenedetto | 2 | Spring 2007
 
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Philanthropy

Review: The Foundation vs. Great Philanthropic Mistakes

Some books ought to be read as pairs. Joel L. Fleishman’s and Martin Morse Wooster’s recent offerings are such a duo, offering sometimes diametrically opposed perspectives on philanthropic successes and failures.

By Rick Cohen | Spring 2007
 

Philanthropy

Elusive Blue Ribbons

Why winning foundations' special awards is difficult, and how it can be made easier.

By Ellen Benjamin, DePaul University | Winter 2005
 

Nonprofits

Happy-Face Blues

How supervisors exhaust their workers by constraining their emotions.

By Marguerite Rigoglioso | Winter 2005
 

Philanthropy

Review: A Gift of Freedom

How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.

By Bruce Sievers | Spring 2006
 

Business

Review: The Market for Virtue

The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility.

By David Vogel | Spring 2006