| Date |
Author |
Category |
Title |
| Summer 2003 |
|
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations |
Is Foundation Grantmaking Biased?
Social movement and grassroots organizations left in the cold.
|
| Summer 2003 |
|
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising • Global Issues • Civil Society |
The Power of Persuasion [Free!]
Putting the science of influence to work in fundraising.
|
| Winter 2003 |
|
Philanthropy • Altruism |
Altruism in Disguise
Gifts are not an incentive for donors to give, they're an excuse.
|
| Spring 2004 |
|
Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising |
Donor Satisfaction
The importance of social identity in giving.
|
| Spring 2004 |
|
Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Donation Cannibalization
When nonprofits earn taxable income, private donors give less.
|
| Summer 2004 |
|
Business • Socially Responsible Business |
The Outsiders
Why some companies donate to charity.
|
| Winter 2004 |
|
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Volunteers: Making a Match
How personalities count when pairing protégés with Big Brothers and Sisters.
|
| Summer 2005 |
|
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Global Issues • Education |
You Can’t Do That! [Free!]
A venture philanthropist's experience with reforming education.
|
| Winter 2005 |
|
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Education |
A Failure of Philanthropy [Free!]
American charity shortchanges the poor, and public policy is partly to blame.
|
| Winter 2005 |
|
Philanthropy • Altruism • Government • Social Policy |
Would Americans Make Charitable Donations Without Tax Incentives? [Free!]
Donors may give the same once the tax law dust settles.
|
| Spring 2007 |
|
Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Fundraising |
Fishing for Donations
Why nonprofits should let donors give back their fundraising incentives.
|
| Winter 2005 |
|
Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management |
Elusive Blue Ribbons
Why winning foundations' special awards is difficult, and how it can be made easier.
|
| Fall 2007 |
|
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Social Enterprises |
Private Equity, Public Good
Many businesses serving lower income communities languish because they can't raise enough money to fund their growth. To meet their needs, a new breed of private equity investment—development investment capital—has emerged. Although this style of investing is still in its infancy, it's already showing promise.
|
| Winter 2009 |
|
Government • Social Policy • Business • Socially Responsible Business • Global Issues • Poverty • Environment |
Confessions of a CSR Champion
It's time to rethink the "C" in CSR.
|
| Winter 2009 |
|
Global Issues • Environment • Civil Society |
Research: The Ties That Mobilize
Group attachment and commitment are what drive protesters to act.
|
| Summer 2009 |
|
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Cause Marketing • Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Business • Socially Responsible Business |
The Hidden Costs of Cause Marketing [Free!]
From pink ribbons to Product Red, cause marketing adroitly serves two masters, earning profits for corporations while raising funds for charities. Yet the short-term benefits of cause marketing—also known as consumption philanthropy—belie its long-term costs. These hidden costs include individualizing solutions to collective problems; replacing virtuous action with mindless buying; and hiding how markets create many social problems in the first place. Consumption philanthropy is therefore unsuited to create real social change.
|
| Summer 2009 |
|
Philanthropy • Altruism |
Research: When Swag Backfires
When donor gifts are public, social approbation is reward enough.
|
| Summer 2009 |
|
Global Issues • Civil Society |
Research: At a Loss for Ethics
Studies show that individuals are more susceptible to corrupt behavior when trying to avoid a loss.
|
| Fall 2009 |
|
Social Innovations • Charter Schools • Government • Social Policy • Global Issues • Education |
Great Teachers on the Fast Track
To save the nation, the United States needs alternative teacher training.
|
| Fall 2009 |
|
Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising • Nonprofit Leadership |
The Nonprofit Starvation Cycle [Free!]
A vicious cycle is leaving nonprofits so hungry for decent infrastructure that they can barely function as organizations—let alone serve their beneficiaries. The cycle starts with funders’ unrealistic expectations about how much running a nonprofit costs, and results in nonprofits’ misrepresenting their costs while skimping on vital systems—acts that feed funders’ skewed beliefs. To break the nonprofit starvation cycle, funders must take the lead.
|
| Page 1 of 2 pages 1 2 > |
