Foundations
L3Cs: A Cure in Search of a Disease
Most social problems now addressed by charities cannot be appropriately addressed by for-profit entities, whether or not those entities pledge to restrict or recycle their profits.
Tag: Philanthropy
Government
Sequestering the Sector
With the threat of a sequester looming, the charitable sector risks being boxed in.
Foundations
Foundation Collaboration: Keys to Success
A look at best practices for the foundation community, drawn from the work of Connect US Fund.
Measuring Social Impact
Impact Over Organizational Interest
A look at new research from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
Philanthropy
High Stakes Donor Collaborations
Pioneering groups of foundations and philanthropists have pooled their talent and resources to help solve social sector problems too big for any one to tackle alone.
Advocacy
Assessing Advocacy
Grantmakers can use a quantitative framework to help them decide which advocacy programs to invest in, and advocacy organizations can use it to determine which approaches might be most effective.
Philanthropy
Indexing Nonprofits
Donors want their money to be spent wisely, but knowing where to give can be difficult.
Socially Responsible Business
Unifying Europe
The nonprofit Erste Foundation is an engine behind the for-profit Erste Group as well as its largest shareholder.
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Transforming Multilateralism: Innovation on a Global Stage
The Open Government Partnership seeks to build more transparent, effective, and accountable governments that empower citizens and respond to their democratic aspirations.