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| Winter 2005 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Elusive Blue Ribbons
Why winning foundations' special awards is difficult, and how it can be made easier.
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| Spring 2007 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations |
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.
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| Summer 2006 |
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Philanthropy • Government • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Social Enterprises • Reviews |
Review: Building Wealth
Building Wealth: The New Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems
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| Summer 2007 |
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Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Before You Say “I Do” [Free!]
Why nonprofits should be wary of merging.
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| Summer 2007 |
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Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Health |
Uniting for Survival
How four Chicago-area cancer support centers created a fifth nonprofit to pool their strengths.
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| Summer 2007 |
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Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations • Business • Social Enterprises • Global Issues • Arts |
Money for a Song
The Public Radio Fund gives investors a chance to protect nonprofit airwaves. With its help, KTOO-FM in Juneau, Alaska, recently debuted a 24-hour news show and two locally-hosted Alaska-flavored music stations.
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| Summer 2007 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations |
15 Minutes with Emmett Carson
SSIR Managing Editor Eric Nee met with Emmett Carson to discuss his bold plans for the newly merged Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which is now the fourth largest community foundation in the country.
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| Summer 2007 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment • Nonprofit Leadership • Global Issues • Health • Environment |
Robbing the Grandchildren [Free!]
Human-caused climate change, sharply declining conventional energy sources, and population growth are threatening the very platform of human life. Yet only 5 percent of U.S. foundation spending goes to the environment, and a paltry 2.9 percent goes to science and technology.
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| Fall 2007 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
The Power of Strategic Mission Investing [Free!]
A growing number of foundations are offering low-interest loans, buying into green business ventures, and investing in other asset classes to advance their missions. To bring about real change, foundations need to make strategic mission investments that complement their grantmaking and leverage market forces.
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| Fall 2007 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment |
Portfolio Philanthropy
To ensure that baby boomers' wealth does not fall short of its philanthropic potential, Randall Ottinger suggests applying portfolio theory to make wiser social investments.
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| Winter 2008 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations |
Failing Well
Foundations need to make more of the right kinds of mistakes.
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| Spring 2008 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Leadership |
Review: Grassroots Philanthropy [Free!]
Foundation grantmaking can become more responsive, intuitive, and effective.
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| Fall 2008 |
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Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising • Social Return on Investment |
Money to Grow On [Free!]
In the for-profit world, the term "investment" has clear meaning and investors have sophisticated techniques for spotting and growing the most promising companies. Yet foundations and other nonprofit donors have not developed similar clarity or approaches. As a result, the nonprofit sector's greatest gems often languish well below their full potential. By better translating for-profit concepts, donors can learn how to scout out and grow the best nonprofits. Likewise, certain nonprofits can take a page from business's playbook and learn how to attract cash for expansion.
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| Fall 2008 |
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Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Education • Human Rights |
They’ve Got Your Back
The Posse Foundation sends diverse students to college together so that they can lean on each other and lead their schools.
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| Winter 2009 |
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Global Issues • Health • Civil Society |
What’s Next: Paying for Safe Sex
Paying people to practice safe sex.
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| Spring 2009 |
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Social Innovations • Microfinance • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Entrepreneurship • Social Return on Investment • Global Issues • Poverty |
Effective Funding
How foundations can best support social innovators.
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| Fall 2009 |
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Social Innovations • Microfinance • Socially Responsible Investing • Cause Marketing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Altruism • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
Catalytic Philanthropy [Free!]
Despite spending vast amounts of money and helping to create the world’s largest nonprofit sector, philanthropists have fallen far short of solving America’s most pressing problems. What the nation needs is “catalytic philanthropy”—a new approach that is already being practiced by some of the most innovative donors.
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| Spring 2010 |
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Social Innovations • Philanthropy • Government • Government Programs • Global Issues • Health • Philanthropy • Research |
Radical Grantmaking
Funders who want to catalyze radical innovation should make long-term grants, invest in people, and offer rich and frequent feedback.
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