The Era of Abstract Philanthropy
It would be a great thing for an era of Abstract Philanthropy to open our eyes to understanding the very essence of the philanthropic act.
Articles P5970
The Rich Get Richer, Once More
If institutions of higher learning want to maintain their tax-favored status, they should abolish legacy preferences.
Podcast
International Development and Entrepreneurship
Nicolas Shea, the innovation and entrepreneurship advisor to the Chilean minister of economy, discusses the Start-Up Chile program.
Back to the Future: Will We See a New Generation of Nonprofit Organizations in 2011?
There are new leaders coming into the nonprofit sector with ideas that have the potential to change the way social change happens. It’s time to ask some new questions.
Market-Minded Development
Acumen Fund uses impact investing to tackle global poverty. It's approach has garnered attention, but does it change aid?
Social Innovations
From Housing Projects to Farmland
A community development corporation starts an urban farm on land that was once home to housing projects.
Reflections on Jumo & Need for Co-Creation
If I have an idea to change the world, I should be just as welcome and have equal access to the spaces where I can share the idea and find others to help me make it come to life.
Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?
Earlier this month I had the privilege of learning from four really smart and experienced people who participated in a panel discussion that TCC Group, a global management consulting firm.
Philanthropy’s Buzzwords of the Decade
The 10 phrases I have chosen to show the steady rise in market-based solutions for social problem solving, technology’s infiltration of all things fund raising, and a shift in attention from local to global.