What Can Philanthropy Learn from Moneyball?
In order to succeed, philanthropies, like baseball teams, must rely on both objective and subjective analysis.
In order to succeed, philanthropies, like baseball teams, must rely on both objective and subjective analysis.
It is critical that high-performing organizations learn how to tell authentic stories about their impact.
In a session at the Opportunity Collaboration, stories were shared on the power and importance of community decision-making.
As a society, we should not encourage the replacement of public responsibilities by private philanthropy.
Many donors have also realized that social media can help them become significantly more effective in pursuit of their philanthropic goals.
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Steve Jobs benefited the nonprofit sector by radically leveling the technological playing field.
Philanthropy needs senior leaders who see themselves as student-leaders striving to help the field grapple with the difficult challenges it faces.
An interview with Simon Greer before starting as president of the Nathan Cummings Foundation.
Unmotivated donors didn’t materialize out of the ether when social media started taking over the world.
An interview with Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.