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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.
Foundations - Most Popular
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Podcast
Philanthropy
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.
Foundations
Just Give ’Em the Money: The Power and Pleasure of Unrestricted Funding
Unrestricted money makes an organization work smoothly, enables innovation, and provides fuel for growth.
Bringing Philanthropy into the 21st Century
The growth of the Internet opens new avenues for collaboration between foundations and nonprofits, but it's a changing landscape.
We Should Expect Good Giving To Be Hard
Great giving opportunities are few and far between; I believe in urging them to give to only the very best charities.
Surdna CEO on Philanthropic Isolation
An interview with Phillip Henderson about the challenges he faces as the president of the Surdna Foundation.
Funders Aren’t Investors, They’re Purchasers
Is it accurate or even appropriate for funders to think of themselves as—and act like—investors?
Playing Games and Getting Results
A game development initiative brings individuals together to achieve real-world social change.