Social Innovations

Live from CoF: How to Break Down the Firewall

By Perla Ni

What sparked life-time trustees, who once saw investments only in terms of financial returns, to embrace program-related investments?

Philanthropy

Live from CoF: Remittances—The New Way to Alleviate Poverty

By Eric Nee

Remittances dwarf traditional forms of aid to less developed nations.

Review: How to Change the World

Review By Mark R. Kramer

Key social innovators have succeeded against all odds –– and with little financial muscle.

Philanthropy

Live from CoF: Immigration and Philanthropy

By Catherine Di Benedetto

If we take away the jobs of undocumented workers, how will they survive?

Bettering Beantown

By Betsy Haley

Greenlight is a nonprofit catalyst: It identifes a local need, scours the country for the best program to meet it, and then establishes a chapter in its hometown.

Philanthropy

“New” Philanthropy

By Paul Shoemaker

Systemic change in philanthropy.

Review: The First 90 Days

Review By Jason Baumgarten

Common sense advice for how to survive the launch into a new leadership role.

Review: Civic Revolutionaries

Review By Dawn Ibis

Cross-sector collaboration is the key to community revitalization.

Review: Trustees of Culture

Review By Frances Philipps

Are elite boards getting out of touch with their organizations' true purpose?

Review: Leading Quietly

Review By Colleen Anne McCarthy

How middle managers can walk tall.