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Pay-What-It-Takes Philanthropy
Grantmakers should provide enough money for nonprofits to pay for all their operations, not just programs and services.
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Philanthropy & Funding
Translating Research into Action
There is no doubt that social change efforts are accelerated by data, but investing in high-quality, cutting-edge research alone isn’t enough to produce solutions. Funders and researchers have to invest more in translating research into action.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Embracing Complexity in Social Enterprise Evaluation
In this audio lecture, Brenda Zimmerman suggests approaches for addressing complexity in evaluation systems of social enterprise.
Impact Investing
Unpacking the Impact in Impact Investing
A longer version of "When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?" from the Fall 2013 Up for Debate feature.
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When Can Impact Investing Create Real Impact?
It is possible for impact investors to achieve social impact along with market rate returns, but it's not easy to do.
Socially Responsible Business
Is Business the New Charity?
Investing in small business and new ventures is a good thing and vital to our communities, but we must not confuse it with charity or strategic long-term social investment.
Education
Private Schools for the Poor
All across the developing world, poor parents are investing in low-cost private education for their children—and seeing positive results.
Social Entrepreneurship
Avoiding the “Hope Bubble”
We must invest in the financial literacy of social entrepreneurs and in the social literacy of investors.
Social Entrepreneurship
Thoughts on Reluctant Entrepreneurship
What’s unique to the Entrepreneurial Generation isn’t just that we are entrepreneurs; it’s why we’re entrepreneurs.
Impact Investing
Investing in Impact
As entrepreneurs create more for-profit businesses with strong social missions, the opportunity for socially minded investors to invest in them grows.