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Innovative ideas for donors, foundation leaders, and philanthropists

 
SSIR blogger Kevin Starr directs the Mulago Foundation and the Rainer Arnhold Fellows Program.

Impact Investing

The Trouble With Impact Investing – Part 1

There's only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.

By Kevin Starr | 14 | Jan. 24, 2012
 
Michael Belinsky Harvard Kennedy School of Government Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Government

Social Impact Bonds: Lessons from the Field

In piloting social impact bonds, governments have already yielded some lessons from the field.

By Michael Belinsky | 4 | Jan. 23, 2012
 
Kelly Kleiman The Nonprofiteer New York Times Wall Street Journal Washington Post Alternative Press The Huffington Post SSIR

Philanthropy

The Billionaire vs. “Free-riding” Multimillionaires

Philanthropy is not sufficient and taxation is necessary.

By Kelly Kleiman | Jan. 19, 2012
 
SSIR blogger Lucy Bernholzs is a visiting scholar at the Stanford University Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, a fellow with the Hybrid Reality Institute and former fellow of the New America Foundation.

Individual Giving

Shaking Up the Long Tail

Donors who use cell phones to make donations do more than give, they talk about it.

By Lucy Bernholz | Jan. 13, 2012
 
SSIR blogger Tim Ogden is Executive Partner at Sona Partners.

Foundations

Living with the Gates Foundation: A Retrospective

A summary of articles and discussions about the Gates Foundation’s impact on global social change.

By Timothy Ogden | 2 | Dec. 20, 2011
 

Philanthropy

ReCoding Good: Part 1

From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.

By Lucy Bernholz | Dec. 19, 2011
 

Philanthropy

False Dichotomies

Philanthrocapitalists are vital to moving beyond blame-game rhetoric to try to figure out solutions to the world’s problems.

By Matthew Bishop & Michael Green | Dec. 15, 2011
 

Philanthropy

Philanthrocapitalism Is Not Social Change Philanthropy

Too few philanthrocapitalists are asking themselves hard questions about a model of economic growth that has made their acquisition of wealth possible.

By Kavita Ramdas | Dec. 15, 2011
 

Foundations

Five Ways to Ensure That Your Strategy Falls Short

Why do so many foundation and nonprofit strategies go amiss?

By Anne Sherman & Paul Connolly | Dec. 15, 2011
 
SSIR blogger Aaron Dorfman is executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy.

Philanthropy

Wanted: Philanthropy CEOs Who Can Shift Out of Neutral

Philanthropy frequently justifies its independence by invoking capacities it seldom displays.

By Aaron Dorfman | 11 | Dec. 6, 2011