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Nonprofits

How Branding Hurts Your Brand

A brand is bigger than a set of rules you can put down in a spiral-bound book.

By Jeff Brooks | 8 | Oct. 22, 2007
 

Philanthropy

Paul Brest Needs a Blog

Foundations need to join the online philanthropy conversation.

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | 11 | Oct. 15, 2007
 

Social Innovations

Preventing Online Activism Fatigue

Tips for encouraging sustained online engagement.

By Britt Bravo | 3 | Oct. 8, 2007
 

Social Innovations

Philanthropy’s Killer Apps

Key innovations in American philanthropy.

By Albert Ruesga | 4 | Sep. 30, 2007
 

Philanthropy

Form Should Follow Function

Helping donors choose the options that meet their values regarding change, costs, tax, and family benefits is as important to the philanthropic markets as is providing good advice about nonprofits to support.

By Lucy Bernholz | 5 | Sep. 26, 2007
 

Global Issues

“In the 21st Century, the March Isn’t the Vehicle”

Cell phones, not marches, may be the social movement vehicle of the future.

By Peter Manzo | 8 | Sep. 19, 2007
 

Social Innovations

Community Foundations Called To Fund Local Media

What can foundation funding do to improve local media information?

By Perla Ni | 5 | Sep. 19, 2007
 

Philanthropy

If We Don’t Give Donors Power, They Can Take It

Earn the right to have relationships with your donors.

By Jeff Brooks | 4 | Sep. 18, 2007
 

Global Issues

Notes on Robert Putnam’s “E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-First Century”

Robert Putnam's take on diversity is controversial -- but not necessarily reactionary.

By Albert Ruesga | 5 | Aug. 20, 2007
 

Nonprofits

It Walks and Quacks Like a Duck—But What Is It Really?

Questions to ask yourself if you're launching a giving program.

By Jeff Brooks | 7 | Aug. 20, 2007