Big Picture
The New Social Innovators
How the next generation of funders and social entrepreneurs are already taking cues from tech to “hack” the world’s most pressing social problems.
Tag: Venture Philanthropy
Big Picture
Using Social Incubation to Drive Local Innovation
A look at why and how social innovation can catalyze solutions for local problems from within the community, rather than by importing ideas from the outside.
Impact Investing
Sharing the Stage
The example of venture philanthropy in Europe shows how old and new forms of practice can coexist.
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Philanthropy
New Frontiers of Philanthropy
New Frontiers of Philanthropy: A Guide to the New Tools and Actors Reshaping Global Philanthropy and Social Investing examines the potential impact of contemporary philanthropy in providing new, much-needed models of social and environmental problem-solving.
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.
Nonprofit Management
Nonprofit Lessons from a Government Tech Debacle
What can organizations learn from the Affordable Care roll out?
Philanthropy
Funding for Outcomes
Mario Morino, author of Leap of Reason, discusses funder pitfalls in setting and measuring goals for grantees.
Philanthropy
Inventing and Reinventing a Philanthropy Model in India
Deval Sanghavi, head of the venture philanthropy fund Dasra, describes his work testing and building new platforms for giving in India.
Nonprofit Management
The Secret of Scale
How powerful civic organizations like the NRA and AARP build membership, make money, and sway public policy.
Philanthropy
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen’s Gift to Philanthropy
Giving 2.0 Project U offers a treasure trove of resources for teachers and students of philanthropy.