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Returns on Investment
How a broad bet on a biotech company paid off in promising drugs for neglected diseases.
Tag: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Private Financing for Public Education
Investing in collaboration between public school districts and charter school networks.
Philanthropy & Funding
12 Common Criticisms of Philanthropy—and Some Answers
Critics have argued that charitable giving isn’t focused enough on the poor, isn’t sufficient to make a difference, is undemocratic, and more, but research—and history—show otherwise.
Foundations
The Theory of the Foundation
Mapping out a foundation's theory for itself as an institution can help the organization clarify how it makes choices, allocates resources, and achieves impact.
Foundations
Making Good Ideas Go Viral
A less-traveled path to education reform: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is catalyzing three social forces to create an epidemic of best practice.
Philanthropy & Funding
New Approaches to Ed-Tech Funding
Until recently, both foundations and venture capital firms were wary of directing resources toward education technology startups. Here’s how “blended capital” is expanding the ed-tech field.
Collaboration
The Modern Marriage Between Tech Philanthropy and Nonprofits: “It’s Complicated”
It’s a modern relationship in a modern world. It’s a marriage full of promise. But does our culture’s celebration of the male-dominated tech world end up overshadowing critical skills like empathy that are required for social change?
Economic Development
Refugee Crisis: Capitalism to the Rescue?
Solving the problem means taking an inclusive approach to foster sustainable development in the countries of origin.
Philanthropy & Funding
Making Big Bets for Social Change
How to close the gap between what donors say they want to achieve and where they actually put their money.
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Foundations
The Price of Giving
A critique of the Gates Foundation doubles as a critique of the “philanthrocapitalism” model in general.