Nonprofits
A Touch of Sanity in the Chicago Nonprofit Sector
Members of Chicago's United Way have formed a cooperative to share back-office functions.
Articles P7000
Curbing Mission Creep
Despite temptations to broaden its focus, the Rural Development Institute has remained single-mindedly devoted to its mission. As a result, the organization has helped 400 million poor farmers around the world take ownership of some 270 million acres of land – all on a modest budget.
Podcast
Devendra Raj Mehta - Bringing Mobility to the Disabled
In remote rural areas in India, 18 million people suffer isolation and poverty due to their inability to work. In this audio interview, Jennifer Roberts, associate editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, converses with D.R. Mehta, whose NGO gives mobility to 20,000 people a year through the fitting of a high-tech prosthetic limb known as the Jaipur Foot. Mehta discusses the genesis of his organization, which makes the prosthesis freely available to the poor.
Nonprofits
Is Capacity Building Making a Comeback in the Face of Economic Downturn?
There's no time like the present to focus on building the capacity of your nonprofit to withstand the changing economic landscape.
Nonprofits
In Praise of Fixed Board Member Contributions
Why it's important to establish minimums for board gifts.
Podcast
Wendy Kopp - Narrowing Educational Gaps Across America
In an effort to narrow the gap in educational opportunities, Teach For America currently places over 5,000 teachers in low-income and poorly performing schools across the country. Its growing corps of alumni is also taking their educational experiences into careers in law, public health, policy making, and leadership. In this audio interview, Wendy Kopp, founder and chief executive officer of Teach For America, tells host Sheela Sethuraman about the history, goals, and ideals of that program.
Podcast
Dr. Helen Lee - Improved Disease Tests for the Developing World
In developing countries, many tests for infectious diseases never reach the market because there is little financial incentive to pharmaceutical companies to get them there. In this audio interveiw, Alana Conner, senior editor at the Stanford Social Innovation Review, converses with Helen Lee, whose research department at the University of Cambridge has developed tests that allow for the rapid detection—and thus treatment—of diseases in rural settings around the world.
Philanthropy
Notes on Nonprofit Networks
How do nonprofit networks work, and what does it mean for foundation funding?
Podcast
Rodrigo Pizarro - Making Salmon Farming More Sustainable
In Chile, the farming of salmon seemed the ideal solution to the depletion of world fish populations—until it became clear that acquiculture causes its own environmental problems. In an audio interview by Eric Nee, managing editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Rodrigo Pizarro explores the challenges of acquiculture and the foundation's project to reduce the impact of salmon farming through a sustainable system of seaweed cultivation.