Social Innovations

Your Inner Philanthropist

By Susan A. Ostrander 1

What gets lost when donors follow their own hearts instead of recipients’ needs.

Measuring Social Impact

Overhead Isn’t Everything

By Alana Conner Snibbe 1

How donors should think about nonprofit efficiency.

Individual Giving

A New Take on Tithing

By Claude Rosenberg & Tim Stone 6

Too often, individuals make decisions about how much money to donate to charitable causes on an ad hoc basis. As a result, many people give less money than they can actually afford.

Economic Development

Balkan Boom to Bust

By Beth Kampschror

Vanishing NGOs in Bosnia leave lessons in their wake.

Podcast

Foundations

Community Foundations - Bridging the Gap Conference

Community foundations have become an increasingly common outlet for charitable giving and activities in the United States. In this panel discussion, community foundation leaders discuss innovative models for turning dollars into social change, as well as challenges faced by this important sector of philanthropy.

Fundraising

Capacity by Any Other Name

By Thomas E. Backer, Alan N. Miller, & Jane Ellen Bleeg

Donors don’t know much about capacity building, except that they don’t like the term.

Nonprofits

At Cross Purposes

By Catherine Spence

Sidebar to "Crisis Mentality:" the Red Cross comes under fire.

Fundraising

Cute and Lucrative

By Keith Epstein

Sidebar to "Crisis Mentality:" some species attract donors more than others.

Economic Development

Choosing Mission Over Money

By Keith Epstein

Sidebar to "Crisis Mentality:" giving for the long term.

Environment

Bigger May Not Be Better

By Mark Dowie

Sidebar to "The Hidden Cost of Paradise:" does an organization's size correlate with its effectiveness?