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Social Innovations

Skoll Award Recipients Focus on Ecosystem Services Market

Having focused much of my research at Oxford on carbon markets and the development of ecosystem services markets, I was thrilled to see the Skoll Foundation’s recent investments in this area at the ceremony for their 2010 Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Three of the seven recipients of this year’s awards were from the field of ecosystem services and avoided deforestation. While past recipients have included incredible organization such as the Global Footprint Network, the Marine Stewardship Council, and Water.org, a quick count of those who received a Skoll award from 2005-2009 reveals that only 8 of the past 59 awardes... (continue reading this blog post)

By Grace Augustine | Apr. 21, 2010
 

Social Innovations

Kiva.org: Made to Stick

What if there was a way to trigger a $150 billion influx of new money into the social sector?


Recently, in my public speaking, I’ve been talking about Kiva.org and why Kiva is like a “gateway drug to social investing”. The fact is, most people are not sitting around wishing that they could make high impact social investments... (continue reading this blog post)

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | 7 | Mar. 24, 2010
 

Nonprofits

What Matters About Mobile

So here we are, several weeks after text donations crossed from cutting edge to common place. I've been interviewed more times than I can count on what matters about text giving, and the real experts on social media and social good (Beth Kanter, Katrin Verclas, Allison Fine, Holly Ross, Geoff Livingston) have written, been quoted, held panel discussions, and written handbooks on the subject… (continue reading this blog post)

By Lucy Bernholz | 1 | Mar. 10, 2010
 

Philanthropy

A Revolution in Foundation Transparency

Hot on the heels of rolling out real time tracking of foundation grants in support of Haiti, the Foundation Center has quietly launched a new project with the whimsical name Glass Pockets.

With a mission to “bring transparency to the world of philanthropy” Glass Pockets offers reports on how transparent large, well known foundations are… (continue reading this blog post)

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | Feb. 28, 2010
 

Philanthropy

Donor, Dearest

Times are tough for old-line causes, but let’s be frank. It’s not just the economy that’s beating up today’s traditional charities. Donors are, too.

Truth is, donors have never been so fickle, nor so ambivalent… (continue reading this blog post)

By Marcia Stepanek | Feb. 28, 2010
 

Philanthropy

Friending, Texting and Tweeting: Social Media and Community Foundations

Last week, I attended the Larger Community Foundations meeting in Miami, Florida, which is the annual meeting of the 35 or so largest community foundations in the United States. One of our speakers was the very provocative Dr. Lucy Bernholz of Blueprint Research and Design. As usual, she challenged us by presenting her view of the changing landscape of philanthropy and the impact it will have on community foundations in particular… (continue reading this blog post)

By Terri Lee Freeman | Feb. 9, 2010
 

Nonprofits

Recession Pushing Nonprofits Back to Basics

Despite the flood of giving for relief efforts following the Haiti earthquake, reports on the giving sector underscore the need for nonprofits to get their shops in order and focus on the fundamentals of doing business.

Giving continues to decline… (continue reading this blog post)

By Todd Cohen | Feb. 8, 2010
 

Philanthropy

Bay Area Social Entrepreneurs Talk Funding

Bay Area nonprofit leaders sounded pretty optimistic and focused on growth at a breakfast gathering I attended last week, entitled “Conversations with Social Entrepreneurs: 2010 and Beyond,” sponsored by Commongood Careers and Building Movement Project. At the beginning of the three-hour gathering at a downtown hotel, James Weinberg, founder and CEO of Commongood Careers, had the group of about 50 give a two-word description of how they were feeling… (continue reading this blog post)

By Regina Ridley | Feb. 3, 2010
 

Philanthropy

Stop What You Are Doing Right Now and Donate to Idealist.org

How did you find your first nonprofit job?

For many of us, there’s only one answer to that question: Idealist.org. Like many of you, I found my very first full-time nonprofit job on their website. And it was the perfect job for me in the beginning of my nonprofit career. I remember it like it was yesterday… (continue reading this blog post)

By Rosetta Thurman | Feb. 1, 2010
 

Philanthropy

Haiti Relief Underscores Deeper Needs

While Americans quickly dug deep to support relief efforts in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti, the outpouring of generosity also serves as a troubling reminder of our ongoing failure to better address social and global needs that are urgent, persistent and deeply rooted.

Just as they did after 9/11, Katrina and the Asian tsunamis, individuals, companies and foundations after the Haiti quake have done what Americans do best in times of crisis: They got involved and gave… (continue reading this blog post)

By Todd Cohen | Feb. 1, 2010
 

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