Microfinance
Crowdsourcing Microfinance
The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.
Tag: Pro Bono
Nonprofit Management
Everything Old Is New Again, and Nonprofits Should Stay That Way
What nonprofits need isn’t more advice, it’s more money.
Podcast
Collaboration
Promoting Philanthropy Through Collaboration
Founder of Taproot Aaron Hurst discusses how the organization started and how it creates its cross-sector collaboration.
Nonprofit Management
The Power of Many
The Tahirih Justice Center multiplies its impact by creatively using pro bono attorneys.
Human Rights
The Law of Networks
The Innocence Network, an international collaboration of pro bono legal and investigative organizations, grows rapidly and flexibly.
Podcast
Education
Jeroo Billimoria - Empower Children Through Financial Literacy
Jeroo Billimoria is the founder of six successful enterprises. Her most recent effort is Aflatoun, a nonprofit organization that provides social and financial education to children. In this audio lecture, Billimoria shares the wisdom she's acquired over the years with Design for Change host Sheela Sethuraman. She talks about her successes with Aflatoun, including securing pro-bono support from various corporations, developing a scalable training model, and creating a global network of organizations.
Social Entrepreneurship
Take Advantage of Us!
Retiring baby boomers are dying to retool their professional skills to help society. How can society help them do so?