Philanthropy

When it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"...

A framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have.

Academics, government, and civic groups can all benefit from greater access.

Satisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better.

Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally....

In developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors.

This week in Washington: the eighth annual Global Philanthropy Forum. Jane Wales is co-founder of the forum, the director of the Program on Philanthropy...

Five lessons from a survey of more than 600 companies.

Midsize nonprofits in the United States offer some of the most innovative solutions to our most pressing problems, but they are starved for growth funding because no efficient market mechanism exists to guide capital to them. In the absence of reliable information about the relative performance of nonprofits, billions of philanthropic dollars annually are distributed […]

Three research-backed strategies.

The collapse of Madonna’s high-profile effort to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi has made headlines around the world. The singer’s celebrity and the $3.8 million lost in the effort guaranteed that. But in philanthropy, failure is an almost everyday occurrence. Giving money away smartly, so that it not only gets results but […]

Seven years ago, Bank of America launched Neighborhood Builders®, a program that provides grants and, more importantly, leadership training to managers...

Leverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively...

Philanthropic organizations, exempt from the accountability imposed on business by markets or on government by voters, are free to experiment and take...

They’re taking multiple routes to social good.

A program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it.

A study of theaters and their artistic reputations.

Information is a public good.

Within philanthropy circles, one of the major subtexts of the earthquake in Haiti was the phenomenal success of text-message fundraising appeals. Nonprofits...

It's about creating a balance of grant types, categorized by operations, growth, and risk.