Stanford Social Innovation Review

Foundations should do their own media outreach.

Do socially responsible funds ask the right questions?

Study finds right-wing philanthropy gets more results.

Journalist, Seattle Times.

Accreditation prompts higher charitable giving.

Nonprofits use metrics to show that
they are efficient. But what if donors don’t care?

Where the charitable response to 9/11 went wrong.

A power imbalance undermines the social sector.

Top foundation leaders reveal how they set
payout rates, executive salaries, and trustee compensation.

Founder, D.C. Central Kitchen.

Waste, failure, and Bosnia’s lessons for Iraq.

When nonprofits earn taxable income, private donors give less.

The importance of social identity in giving.

Charitable donors should think of themselves as “investors” – and should expect returns, just like a stock market investor would. But too often, givers don’t see themselves this way, contributing to an inefficient “social capital market.”

Lessons on grantmaking.