Engaging Philanthropists and Opening New Channels and Sources of Growth Capital
It’s marketing 101: Emphasize the benefits to the consumers, not the benefit you gain by selling to them. So, too, with philanthropists and high-net-worth individuals, according to panelists...
View ArticleBring Your Hard Heads to Social Investing
Last week’s second annual Social Impact Exchange conference was filled with high energy, creativity, and a sincere dedication to improving people’s lives by scaling up evidence-based or high-performing...
View ArticleHaving the Potential to Scale
This year’s Social Impact Exchange conference was a great opportunity to bring people together from traditional philanthropy and donor advised funds, as well as high net worth individuals, to engage...
View ArticleA Hand Up Is Better Than A Hand-out
In a recent interview with Women In Development, Dina Powell, president, Goldman Sachs Foundation, discussed the progress and lessons learned from Goldman’s, 10,000 Women Program, a $100 million...
View Article5 Tips for Attracting Large Donations
Donors are different these days. I’m talking about the individual donor, not foundations. And I’m particularly talking about the donors you hit up for more than $10 per month. How do you inspire...
View ArticleUJA-Federation of NYC Exemplifies Changes in Philanthropy
Jewish philanthropy is undergoing a transformation. The challenges it faces are a microcosm of the challenges facing the larger philanthropic community.read more
View ArticleNonprofit Giving Has Changed. Does Your Nonprofit Measure Up?
$23 billion. That’s the decline in giving from 2007 -- the peak giving year -- to 2010.read more
View ArticleChanging Investment Strategy Can Solve Problems, Generate Income
Ripples in the investment world are massing into a tidal wave of change in how we finance social good. It is a wave that will encompass investment brokers and philanthropists, venture capitalists and...
View ArticlePhilanthropy in the Future: A New World View
Mind-boggling! That’s my take on Growing Philanthropy in the United States, a report from the June 2011 Growing Philanthropy Summit. Its first recommendation is that nonprofits think of the greater...
View ArticleCrowdfunding: Is It Right for Your Nonprofit
By Elizabeth KulikAll over the world nonprofit organizations contribute tremendously to the public good. Their work helps strengthen communities, improve the lives of others and build the economy....
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