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Smart Money

By Paul Brest

General operating grants can be strategic – for nonprofits and foundations.

Loud and Clear

By Chip Heath 2

Crafting messages that stick -- What nonprofits can learn from urban legends.

Partnerships for Learning

By Ted London & Dennis Rondinelli

Managing tensions in nonprofit organizations' alliances with corporations.

To the Rescue

By Roger Martin

Beating the heroic leadership trap.

Filling the Performance Gap

By Christine W. Letts & William P. Ryan

The authors provide answers to three questions about the increasingly popular and controversial funding approach called high engagement, or venture philanthropy. What do grantees gain from it? How does it work? And should we encourage it?

Going Head to Head

By David P. Baron

When activists miscalculate their strategic approach, their boycotts tend to falter and fade away, squandering important resources and credibility. Similarly, when companies mishandle their nonmarket strategies, they too pay a steep price.