Knight Foundation CEO on Social Transformation and the Bottom Line
An interview with Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Student Retention App
A new Facebook app helps incoming freshmen connect—but within the closed community of their college.
When the Big Bet Fails
The Northwest Area Foundation learns—and shares—hard lessons from a 10-year initiative.
Chris West
Chris West leverages the assets of the Shell Foundation and its corporate parent to improve the lives of low-income people in the developing world.
Partnering for a Cure
The Myelin Repair Foundation is creating a process for the rapid development of new treatments and cures.
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Foundations as Investors
Social investors are experimenting with a profusion of creative funding mechanisms to help innovators sustain health-improving approaches and to achieve greater impact.
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Philanthropy and the Free Market in Education
Jaquelin Hume Foundation Executive Director Gisele Huff talks about the foundation's investment strategy, and why innovation and technology initiatives are significant.
A New Source for Funding Nonprofit Mergers and Collaborations
A look into the merger of Lodestar Foundation and Sea Change Capital Partners to examine what defines "sensible collaboration" between nonprofits.
What If Funders Really Acted Like Purchasers?
The funder-as-purchaser model offers new frameworks to spur new thinking and advancements in the nonprofit sector.