Foundations
Knight Foundation CEO on Social Transformation and the Bottom Line
An interview with Alberto Ibargüen, president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Tag: Philanthropy
Foundations
When the Big Bet Fails
The Northwest Area Foundation learns—and shares—hard lessons from a 10-year initiative.
Corporate Philanthropy
Chris West
Chris West leverages the assets of the Shell Foundation and its corporate parent to improve the lives of low-income people in the developing world.
Review
Fundraising
Supplicants No More
The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact by Jason Saul
Podcast
Philanthropy
Philanthropy and the Free Market in Education
Jaquelin Hume Foundation Executive Director Gisele Huff talks about the foundation's investment strategy, and why innovation and technology initiatives are significant.
Review
Philanthropy
Ethical Philanthropy
Giving Well: The Ethics of Philanthropy by Patricia Illingworth, Thomas Pogge, & Leif Wenar
Foundations
A New Source for Funding Nonprofit Mergers and Collaborations
A look into the merger of Lodestar Foundation and Sea Change Capital Partners to examine what defines "sensible collaboration" between nonprofits.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Creating Infectious Action
Jennifer Lynn Aaker discusses a repeatable method that we can follow to get people to take action, but perhaps even more important, to influence people to get others to take action as well.
Foundations
Just Give ’Em the Money: The Power and Pleasure of Unrestricted Funding
Unrestricted money makes an organization work smoothly, enables innovation, and provides fuel for growth.
Foundations
Bringing Philanthropy into the 21st Century
The growth of the Internet opens new avenues for collaboration between foundations and nonprofits, but it's a changing landscape.