Business
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Hand in Hobby Lobby
The Supreme Court’s reasoning and decision in Hobby Lobby should make the foundation reflect on the relative wisdom of its initiative to blend the nonprofit and for-profit sectors.
Tag: Philanthropy
Foundations
Making a Graceful Exit
Recommendations for foundations seeking to exit a program area or close down responsibly.
Individual Giving
Three More Ways to Engage Millennial Donors
How strategic use of social media, project-based donations, and peer-to-peer fundraising can build a base of millennial supporters.
Impact Investing
A New Vision for Funding Science
Philanthropic investment can close the funding gap between science research and the commercialization of science-based products.
Foundations
A Good Ending
Leaders at the Atlantic Philanthropies are modeling best practices for winding down a large, high-profile foundation. Includes magazine extras.
Philanthropy
As Giving Goes Global
Philanthropic activity is increasing worldwide in ways that reflect a shared ethos of humanitarian "virtue."
Foundations
The Leadership Model of Philanthropy
Focus, flexibility, and fortitude—the three pillars of philanthropic organizations looking to create systemic change.
Foundations
Philanthropy, the Post-2015 Agenda, and Diffuse Collaboration
In joining the push for meaningful Sustainable Development Goals, foundations need to prepare for a long-term give-and-take approach.
Foundations
Empathetic Donor-Doer Engagement
A seven-part framework for increasing empathy between foundations and grantees.