Fast Food and the Family Farm

By Bruce Boyd 9

It’s time to reform how we grow food and what we have for dinner, says Bruce Boyd, principal and managing director at Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors.

The BOP Beckons

By Joshua Weissburg 5

Why grassroots design will determine the winners in developing markets.

MBAs Gone Wild

By James W. Shepard, Jr. 7

Nonprofits must reign in pro bono MBAs.

Innovating the White House

By Michele Jolin 3

How the next president of the United States can spur social entrepreneurship.

Failing Well

By Judith M. Gueron

Foundations need to make more of the right kinds of mistakes.

Evaluation Blues

By Laura Silverstein & Erin J. Maher 3

How accountability requirements hurt small, innovative programs the most.

Worst Practices of a Social Entrepreneur

By Paul Schmitz 1

You can learn more from your mistakes than from your successes. Paul Schmitz, president and CEO of Public Allies, gives a sampling of classic foibles of not only social entrepreneurs, but leaders in general.

Portfolio Philanthropy

By Randall Ottinger

To ensure that baby boomers' wealth does not fall short of its philanthropic potential, Randall Ottinger suggests applying portfolio theory to make wiser social investments.

Oil in Troubled Water

By Florence C. Fee 1

To enrich Africa, oil companies and NGOs must cooperate.

Philanthropy

Robbing the Grandchildren

By Charles Conn 1

Human-caused climate change, sharply declining conventional energy sources, and population growth are threatening the very platform of human life. Yet only 5 percent of U.S. foundation spending goes to the environment, and a paltry 2.9 percent goes to science and technology.