Philanthropy’s New Bottom Line: A More Sustainable Capitalism
It’s time to look at investment and social-ecological resilience—not just as philanthropists and impact investors but as a species.
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A Call to Arms for New Education Models
Leaders of higher education create learning communities where revolutions can begin every day.
Make Culture Change, Not War
The fight for rights needs the fight for culture change.
Role Play: Whom Does Higher Education Serve?
What does it mean to be a student in the 21st century? And what is the role of the university in fostering the health of communities?
Ephemeral Perpetuity? Transforming Endowments Into Annuities
Funders who insist that organizations build endowments dilute those organizations’ efforts to raise annual operating funds.
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What Is Community Anyway?
Our understanding of community can help funders and evaluators identify, understand, and strengthen the communities they work with.
Integrating Intentional Influence into Your Strategy
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The Elitist Philanthropy of So-Called Effective Altruism
The superficially enticing “logic” of effective altruism ultimately leads to a moralistic, hyper-rationalistic, top-down approach to philanthropy that can kill the very altruistic spirit it claims to foster.
The Trouble With Impact Investing: P1
There’s only one bottom line. It ought to be impact.
No art? No social change. No innovation economy.
America must invest in art and imaginative capacity.