Straight Talk in Mixed Company

By Ann Goggins Gregory 3

A plea for across-the-aisle conversations about overhead.

Whether Women Are More Generous Than Men, and Whether It Matters

By Kelly Kleiman 3

A recent study shows that at all income levels women give more than men—both more frequently and more generously when controlled for income.

Cause Marketing Does More Harm Than Good

By Timothy Ogden 1

I believe that cause marketing programs erode the joy of giving, turn consumers into cynics, and contribute to the overall loss of faith and trust in the nonprofit sector.

An Appraising Stare Down the Gift Horse’s Gullet

By Kelly Kleiman

Self-governing societies can’t operate on noblesse oblige, and societies that do aren’t truly self-governing.

Next to Godliness

By Jessica Ruvinsky

People are more likely to engage in moral behavior when they are in a clean-scented room.

The Charitable Giving Market is Efficient After All

By Timothy Ogden 10

Donors are getting exactly what they want from their charitable giving—the market is efficient, even highly so.

Nonprofits Pipe Up

By Suzie Boss

Chris Hughes, Facebook’s cofounder, has created a social media platform called Jumo designed specifically for nonprofits.

Put at Least One Egg in Another Basket

By Jessica Ruvinsky 1

For-profit companies preach and employ diversification—and it would behoove nonprofits to have diverse revenue portfolios, as well.

Measuring Social Value

By Geoff Mulgan 7

Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.

Matching Human Capital with Financial Capital Will Make SIF’s Millions Go Farther

By James Weinberg

Human capital can either be an unanticipated barrier to success or an effective catalyst for achieving it.