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Nonprofits

Nonprofits Aren’t More Commercial

A new study finds that nonprofits are not becoming more commercialized.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | Fall 2011
 
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Urban Development

Networking for Sustainable Transport

EMBARQ, a network of sustainable transportation experts, has grown quickly,
thanks to impressive fundraising and the design of a model program.

By Brandon Keim | Fall 2011
 
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Socially Responsible Business

Sourcing Locally for Impact

By mapping a company’s relationship to the economy in which it operates, businesses can do much to advance their strategic objectives and advance local economic growth.

By Ethan B. Kapstein & René Kim | Fall 2011
 
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Health

Framing the Issue

The CEO of the California HealthCare Foundation and the managing director of Versant Ventures provide an introduction to innovations for better health care at lower cost.

By Mark Smith & Barbara Lubash | 1 | Fall 2011
 
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Nonprofit Management

The Networked Nonprofit

Organizations should focus less on growing themselves and more on cultivating their networks.

By Jane Wei-Skillern & Sonia Marciano | 7 | Spring 2008
 
GIVING WELL:
The Ethics of
Philanthropy
Patricia Illingworth,
Thomas Pogge,
& Leif Wenar

Philanthropy

Ethical Philanthropy

Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy by Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, & Leif Wenar

Reviewed By Chip Pitts | 2 | Summer 2011
 
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Economic Development

Antipoverty Apps

mPowering has created an app that awards goods and services to individuals facing extreme poverty when they make beneficial choices.

By Suzie Boss | 9 | Summer 2011
 

Philanthropy

The Emotions of Aid

“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.

By Jessica Ruvinsky | 3 | Summer 2011
 

Nonprofit Management

The Challenge of Organizational Learning

A recent study found three common barriers to knowledge sharing across nonprofits and their networks, as well as ways and means to overcome them.

By Katie Smith Milway & Amy Saxton | 5 | Summer 2011
 

Economic Development

The Problem with Fair Trade Coffee

Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.

By Colleen Haight | 9 | Summer 2011