Thriving on Failure
In cities all around the world, entrepreneurs are gathering to discuss the flubs, flops, and fiascos that punctuate their careers.
Sectors - Articles
Presidio Rules
Supplement to the article “The Park That Paid Off.”
The Park That Paid Off
The Presidio Trust represents an alternative model for funding and managing a public asset. Includes magazine extras.
Lifting Up Day Labor
A social enterprise called In Every Story brings better pay—and a spirit of empathy—to a highly marginalized workforce.
Alignment Is Not a Luxury
To pursue its environmental mission, Tiffany & Co. balances corporate leadership with traditional philanthropic grantmaking.
Who’s Afraid of DAFs?
Critics of donor-advised funds miss the real story of why they have grown so fast, argues a longtime community foundation leader.
They Light a Spark
The catalysts of innovation are almost as rare, and almost as essential, as those who get credit for new ideas.
What Holds Women Back?
In the nonprofit sector, occupational segregation can adversely affect women’s chances of moving into managerial positions.
Emergent Strategy in Action
A look at how one organization is using emergent philanthropy on a local level to improve early childhood education.
What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.