Stanford Social Innovation Review

Since 1970, more than 200,000 nonprofits have opened in the U.S., but only 144 have reached $50 million in annual revenue. They got big by doing two things: They raised the bulk of their money from a single type of funder. And just as importantly, these nonprofits created professional organizations that were tailored to the needs of their primary funding sources.

Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.

When nonprofits join forces, individuals give less to the cause.

Nonprofits court trouble with hedge funds.

Why nonprofits should get out of commercial ventures.
At the same time, the tax code needs to be changed
to help nonprofits get more charitable donations.

The Taproot Foundation provides organized volunteers
who deliver marketing expertise.

Charles Lewis on how a founder says goodbye to donors and staff.

How an insurance company helps its workers support their local fire departments.

Why nonprofit auctions are inefficient, and how they can raise more money.

A United Way affiliate has boosted fundraising by breaking the rules.

Why sudden emergencies attract more funds than do chronic conditions, and how nonprofits can change that.

Leading corporations switch from defense to offense in solving global problems.

Calvert Community Investment Notes take social investing mainstream.

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

When hiring executives, many nonprofits should seek marketing expertise.

How four Chicago-area cancer support centers created a fifth nonprofit to pool their strengths.

Nonprofits pay dearly for their donations.

Donors’ money isn’t going where they think it is.