Nonprofits
Election Critical for Nonprofits, Giving
Nonprofits' policy wish list for the new administration.
Articles P6800
Podcast
Wendy Kopp - Raising the Bar for Low-Income Students
Teach For America places thousands of energetic and committed college graduates as teachers in under-resourced schools for their first jobs. In this audio lecture recorded at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Wendy Kopp shares why and how she started Teach for America in 1980, and its progress in raising the bar for under-achieving children. She also discusses how the organization rode out its "dark years," when enthusiasm and corporate support for the effort began to wane.
Nonprofits
Monk E-Business
LaserMonks, a multimillion-dollar enterprise, sells ink-jet cartridges and other office supplies online to support its Cistercian abbey in Wisconsin and to help others.
Social Innovations
Securitizing Philanthropy
Let's not confuse financial innovation in philanthropy with excessive risk taking.
Social Innovations
A Buyer’s Market for Change
Even in bad times, how can we afford not to make social improvements?
Nonprofits
Why Gen Y Should Nominate One of Our Own
Let's recognize our young nonprofit professionals.
Social Innovations
Donate for Return vs. Invest for Impact: Where Do You Stand?
The field of socially responsible investing is still in very wild and hostile territory.
Podcast
Panel Discussion - Skoll World Forum: Hybrid Business Models
How do you use for-profit activities to fund your social entrepreneurship mission? In this panel discussion at the Skoll World Forum, experts talk about how to combine for- and nonprofit activities for greatest effect. They show that business and nonprofit can mix, drawing on examples such as efforts to profitably provide water to poor villagers by training street children to run businesses, and franchising medical care to creating a transparent market place for handmade goods.
Philanthropy
Wealth Expert Upbeat on Giving in Downturn
Stock is not the only asset that defines donors' wealth.
Nonprofits
Building Capacity for Hawaii’s Nonprofits
Community Links Hawai'i is making the nation's island state a just, healthy, and sustainable place.