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AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Reimagine Your Nonprofit to Survive the Crisis
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFour key areas to focus on: impact, people, finances, and community. -
The $300 House: Businesses Take Up the Challenge
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post was written with Christian Sarkar, a marketing consultant who also works on environmental issues. Last week, the Tata Group,... -
How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits
Global Business Digital ArticleDone well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact. -
Should Your Start-up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?
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Nonprofit Sector's $100 Billion Opportunity
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleImagine what an extra $100 billion a year could do for philanthropic and other nonprofit institutions. According to a new study, the nonprofit sector... -
How Nonprofits Can Encourage Donors to Give More
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree research-backed strategies. -
Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have. -
Let's Be Realistic About Measuring Impact
Organizational Development Digital ArticleProving social impact is complicated and expensive. -
Lead from the Heart
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe president and CEO of the American Red Cross talks about changing its organizational structure, making processes more collaborative, and learning the... -
Fulfill the Dream of Leading a Nonprofit
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThinking of a second career in the social sector? You're not alone. And your current employer would be wise to help you train for it. -
OpenAI's Failed Experiment in Governance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleIn mixing the for-profit and nonprofit models, OpenAI hoped for the best of both worlds. Instead, it got the worst. -
Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost nonprofits make program decisions based on a mission rather than a strategy. They rally under the banner of a particular cause. And because their... -
The Best Advice I Ever Got: Linda Mason
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe chairman and founder of Bright Horizons Family Solutions heeded the wisdom of visionary real estate developer James Rouse: Make your passions central... -
One Way to Help Employees Build Emergency Savings
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleMost workers in the U.S. can’t afford unexpected expenses. A partnership between an asset firm and a non-profit created a system for building a cushion. -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it's relatively common in Europe. -
When You've Made Enough to Make a Difference
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleMany philanthropists have big ambitions, but even the richest individuals and largest foundations don't have enough money to end poverty, reverse climate... -
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLooking ahead to Davos. -
How Smart Tech Is Transforming Nonprofits
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAutomation and AI can free up staff in fundraising, communications, finance, and service delivery efforts.
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Absolute Return for Kids
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support--what are the constraints on its growth and impact? ARK seeks to transform the... -
Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition
Management Case Study11.95View Details In September 2023, Brighter Bites, a Houston-based non-profit that distributed fresh produce and nutrition education in underserved communities across... -
HOMI Foundation: Expanding a Non-profit Family Hospital for Children
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Hospital de la Misericordia (HM), today HOMI Foundation, is a children's hospital located in Bogotá (Colombia). It was founded by José Ignacio Barberi,... -
Cancer Health Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago: Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Describes how four independent, community-based nonmedical centers that offered professional services and programs to cancer patients on a voluntary non-fee... -
Paying to Improve Girls' Education: India's First Development Impact Bond
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Educate Girls (an Indian nonprofit working to increase the number of girls enrolled and learning in school), partnered with Instiglio, a startup... -
The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A faith-based organization from Taiwan has made considerable inroads in being able to operate effectively in mainland China. Is further expansion too... -
Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Environmental activist groups have traditionally opposed nuclear energy. However, the growing environmental problems associated with global climate change... -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical... -
Akshaya Patra: Impact at Scale
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Akshaya Patra, an Indian NGO, had set an ambitious goal of serving 5 million free meals daily to India's schoolchildren. Founded in 2000, Akshaya Patra... -
Magnolia Community Initiative: A Network Approach to Population-Level Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This 2014 case describes how the Los Angeles-based Magnolia Community Initiative (MCI) - a network of 70 government, nonprofit and for-profit organizations... -
ArthaKranti: Need for Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case describes the situation faced by a Trust named ArthaKranti. ArthaKranti (meaning economic revolution) was formed in 2005 to offer an unconventional... -
Just Us! Community-based Tourism
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The development coordinator for Just Us! Development Education Society (JUDES) was reviewing the preliminary agenda for the JUDES Annual General Meeting... -
When Competition Isn't Enough: Rural Health in Southwest Virginia (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details In this B case, the follow-up to UV7854, Marissa Levine, the Virginia Commissioner of Health, considers reports for and against the merger of two health... -
United Way of America: Governance in the Nonprofit Sector (B), Kenneth W. Dam Becomes Interim President
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Analyzes the measures taken by the United Way of America (UWA) and its board of governors in response to the 1992 Washington Post reports that lead to... -
The Royal Belgian Football Association: A World-Class Digital Strategy
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), the governing body of Belgian football, had experienced tremendous success on the pitch and wanted to capitalize... -
Triangle Community Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details In February 2000, Triangle Community Foundation (TCF) director of Philanthropic Services Tony Pipa presented the foundation's new mission statement and... -
Dickinson College: Inspiration for a Leadership Story (In the Vision of a Founding Father)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In January 1999, William Durden was named the 27th president of his alma mater, Dickinson College. He quickly came to understand that for much of the... -
Nate Chooses a Business Entity
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details This case follows Nate Jamison as he determines which business entity to form for his growing City Moving Company (City Moving) in Washington, DC. From... -
Blue Shield of California in 2018
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Paul Markovich felt that a time bomb was ticking inside his industry. Each year, the cost of healthcare was rising steadily, while incomes were only inching... -
Alliances That Build Alliances: McKinsey-Ashoka and the Fundacion Compromiso
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details McKinsey is an international consulting company that operates in 43 countries. Fundacion Compromiso is an nonprofit entity that provides training, counseling,...
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AEI's President on Measuring the Impact of Ideas
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAfter the Great Recession, the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington think tank, needed to compete even harder for every dollar. Arthur C. Brooks... -
Absolute Return for Kids
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Absolute Return for Kids [ARK] is a charity with strong financial support--what are the constraints on its growth and impact? ARK seeks to transform the... -
Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition
Management Case Study11.95View Details In September 2023, Brighter Bites, a Houston-based non-profit that distributed fresh produce and nutrition education in underserved communities across... -
HOMI Foundation: Expanding a Non-profit Family Hospital for Children
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The Hospital de la Misericordia (HM), today HOMI Foundation, is a children's hospital located in Bogotá (Colombia). It was founded by José Ignacio Barberi,... -
Cancer Health Alliance of Metropolitan Chicago: Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Describes how four independent, community-based nonmedical centers that offered professional services and programs to cancer patients on a voluntary non-fee... -
Reimagine Your Nonprofit to Survive the Crisis
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFour key areas to focus on: impact, people, finances, and community. -
Paying to Improve Girls' Education: India's First Development Impact Bond
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details In 2013, Educate Girls (an Indian nonprofit working to increase the number of girls enrolled and learning in school), partnered with Instiglio, a startup... -
The Tzu Chi Foundation's China Relief Mission
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details A faith-based organization from Taiwan has made considerable inroads in being able to operate effectively in mainland China. Is further expansion too... -
Nuclear Energy: An Answer to Climate Change?
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Environmental activist groups have traditionally opposed nuclear energy. However, the growing environmental problems associated with global climate change... -
Health Leads: Reaching for Impact (Abridged)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details A nonprofit in the healthcare arena explores strategies to achieve system-level impact. Founded in 1996 with a volunteer-staffed help desk at Boston Medical...