Planting Trees With Drones
To fight deforestation, a UK-based startup is using unmanned aerial vehicles that can plant seeds 60 times faster than humans can.
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Sharing Is Daring
Sage Bionetworks is transforming the culture of biomedical research with open-source methods.
Step by Step
ChildObesity180 is combating the nation’s child obesity epidemic by incubating and promoting the best ideas.
Marginalized Returns
Impact investing has been seduced by a false narrative of combining social impact with financial gains.
Capital for Creativity
Impact investors have ignored the arts and culture sector, at the expense of the communities they seek to help.
The Motivations Behind Giving
Charitable appeals that address a wealthy person’s agency are more effective.
The Mortality of Arts Nonprofits
The funding ecosystem has a greater role to play in the survival of nonprofits than their internal structure.
How Political Donors Band Together
The ultrarich are teaming up to make politics more partisan.
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Stretching Toward Solutions
Although his advice could at times be more concrete, Kahane offers an effective critique of current approaches to collaboration and shows the need for a different way of working together.
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In Defense of Perpetuity
Limited-life foundations are currently all the rage, but Fleishman’s book reminds us that perpetual, endowed foundations are in many cases preferable.