Online sites like Strategic Philanthropy’s Give Confidently, and Morgan Stanley’s Perspectives in Philanthropy tap into something we at the Center have long known: stories…
See event detailsGiving Conversations: Q&A Interview with Susan Wolf Ditkoff of The Bridgespan Group
Our “Back to School” Blog Series
So here it is, September again, and we are shipping our kids off to school. For many of them, one of those fall rights-of-passage…
See event detailsAre Donors and Nonprofits on the Same Path to Impact? Share your story.
As some of our readers might recall, in February, we announced a joint partnership between the Wharton Program for Social Impact (WPSI) and the…
See event detailsNot Your Hoity-Toity Philanthropist: How to engage with real high net worth donors
“The word ‘philanthropist’ still cracks me up because it sounds so hoity-toity…I’m not Rockefeller.” This quotation was from one of the 33 individuals that…
See event detailsA February Resolution: Whether you stay the course or not, know where you’re heading
It’s no secret that real-time feedback is critical to improving performance—and, ultimately, impact. Yet daily responsibilities for philanthropic investors and nonprofit leadership alike can…
See event detailsIs “Unsexy” In?
As a participant at Social Impact Exchange Conference on Scaling Impact last week, I attended a session entitled, “Scaling through systems change and collective…
See event detailsMillennials: How different are they?
We’ve all heard the term “snake people”—that catchall phrase being used to describe the 50 million Americans from ages 18-29 that are the children…
See event detailsUsing Data for Greater Impact
Have you ever opened up your email in the morning and found a message from Amazon saying: “Come on, you know you really want…
See event detailsWireless Philanthropy and Social Impact
Today’s Almanac announced a Verizon Wireless cell phone drive in cooperation with HopeLine, which benefits victims of domestic violence. One of the beneficiaries of…
See event detailsHigh Impact Health Policy: What's on the Agenda?
My morning email inboxes were jam-packed as usual, though my eyes were drawn to two “Content Alerts” from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)….
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