Who’s Afraid of DAFs?
Critics of donor-advised funds miss the real story of why they have grown so fast, argues a longtime community foundation leader.
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The Embedded Enterprise
To reach base-of-the-pyramid markets, entrepreneurs need to align their business models with customers’ lives.
Adventures in Adaptation
One funder’s willingness to shift course strategically has been crucial to sustaining a decade-long education initiative.
School for Scaling
A highly focused effort in Kenya to treat worm infections in children delivers lessons on how to expand a proven program.
Training in Progress
A program at Credit Suisse helps high-level employees—and valued clients—to master the art of nonprofit board service.
Feeding Relationships
Social capital has enabled Second Harvest Japan to overcome cultural resistance to its operating model. Includes magazine extras.
An Absorbing Problem
To help low-income residents, urban communities need to build up their capacity for using investment capital effectively.
Cuban Remix
In measured but far-reaching ways, a state-controlled economy is opening a space for socially responsible enterprise.
Known Quantity
To be effective, the work of philanthropy should be not just innovative but also cumulative.
A Good Ending
Leaders at the Atlantic Philanthropies are modeling best practices for winding down a large, high-profile foundation. Includes magazine extras.