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The 'Nonprofit' Label Pays Dividends in K-12 - Market Brief
District leaders say they prefer to purchase from nonprofit companies. (2019)
Scaling Social Entrepreneurial Impact - Duke University
pdf from Duke - Scaling Social Entrepreneurial Impact (2019)
Why Proven Solutions Struggle to Scale Up (SSIR)
Many social innovations fail because they are unable to bridge the “stagnation chasm.” Here is a look at the resources, ecosystems, and skills need... (2019)
Scaling Social Impact - Strategies for spreading social innovations
How can social entrepreneurs effectively scale their impact to reach the many people and communities that could benefit from their innovations? ... (2019)
To Impact Millions, the Social Sector Needs to Scale Scaling Up (Stanford SSIR)
Without bringing more rigor and resources to scaling impact efforts, the do-good industry will never make the exponential leaps needed to bring soc... (2019)
Patagonia is giving its $10 million tax cut back to the planet
CEO Rose Marcario announced that it will go to groups committed to protecting air, land and water, and finding solutions to the climate crisis. (2018)
When you donate to the causes you care about on #GivingTuesday, remember the journalists who cover them
On November 27 tens of thousands of charities working on issues ranging from healthcare to housing, education to the environment, civil rights to c... (2018)
Pipeline Vandals Are Reinventing Climate Activism | WIRED
Angry about climate change, activists shut down an oil pipeline in Minnesota—and then tried to convince a jury that their illegal actions were nece... (2018)
So You Want to Open a Small Press Bookstore/Artist-Run Space? A Cautionary Tale
A couple years ago, a poet friend asked me for advice on opening a non-profit small press bookstore and arts space. My wife, visual artist Marina E... (2018)
Become a B Corporation: Steps for Startups (Pending B Corporation Status)
B Corp Certification is based on the verified practices and policies of a company over the past year—not what it aspires to do in the future. That ... (2018)
How to Become a Benefit Corporation | Benefit Corporation
New companies can incorporate as a benefit corporation in any state where legislation has been passed. Existing companies can elect to become a ben... (2018)
Public Benefit Corporations || Clerky - Legal Concepts for Founders
Designed to help founders build a solid foundation of the legal knowledge they need. We've taken our deep legal expertise and distilled it into a c... (2018)
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere — SDG Indicators
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere - Sustainable Development Goal Indicators (2018)
MEET THE COUPLE KEEPING MIAMI’S BEACHES CLEAN - The Miami Foundation
An avid kayaker, Dave Doebler was out paddling in Biscayne Bay one day when he saw trash floating in the water. He instinctively picked it up to to... (2018)
Grants - NGLC Next Gen Learning
NGLC supports the educators who are reimagining public education. (2018)
Miami: Building community through innovation - Knight Foundation
Today, Knight is announcing $590,000 in support to three projects that will foster community among entrepreneurs and tech innovators while advancin... (2018)
By Reinventing The Knight Foundation, Alberto Ibarguen Helped Reinvent The News | Fast Company
This year’s Knight News Challenge focuses on how to use information and data to make healthier communities. "So where the Knight Foundation once... (2013)
Student Activism and Gun Control | Harvard Graduate School of Education
How school leaders can respond — by listening, helping to empower, and affirming students' rights. “As young people across the country join in,... (2018)
It's All About Timing: How Nonprofits Can Increase Charitable Donations | Wharton UPenn
New Wharton research shows that timing is the key to maximizing donations, particularly from people with an existing connection to an organization. (2018)
Civic engagement can transform communities. Here’s how.
Public engagement has traditionally been a top-down process. Led by City Hall or the planning department or public engagement specialists hired to ... (2018)
Why an Activist Hedge Fund Cares Whether Apple’s Devices Are Bad for Kids | Harvard
Sustainability is the next frontier of activist investing. "On January 6, 2017, JANA Partners, a New York–based activist hedge fund, and the Cal... (2018)
Data That Internet Companies Collect Can Be Used for the Public Good | Harvard Business Review
Data collaboratives are the new public-private partnership. "We live in a quantified era. It is estimated that 90% of the world’s data was gener... (2018)
How To Raise Capital When Your Company Does Well By Doing Good
Repeated, rounds of funding can take you from an idea to a flourishing multi-million dollar company. It helps if your dream includes a social purpose. (2017)
Patreon admits it “messed up” on that new fee structure everyone hated
Last week Patreon announced plans to implement a new fee structure that would likely hurt creators who depended on patrons who donated small amount... (2017)
Making cities better with local nonprofit journalism - Knight Foundation
Halle Stockton is managing editor at PublicSource. PublicSource is currently one of more than 100 organizations participating in News Match, a nati... (2017)
Asking members to support its journalism, The Guardian raises more reader revenue than ad dollars
Nieman Journalism Lab The Guardian revamped its ask and its membership offerings — moving from 12,000 members in the beginning of 2016 to 300,00... (2017)
Inside the Revolution at Etsy
The New York Times: “The marketplace for makers had created a distinctive work culture. Then Wall Street showed up. “Etsy was certified as a B ... (2017)
Nonprofits and Overhead: The way we think about charity is dead wrong | Dan Pallotta
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, ... (2023)
Barack Obama takes on 'woke' call-out culture: 'That's not activism'
The former US president Barack Obama has spoken against call-out culture. 'I do get a sense sometimes now among certain young people ... that the w... (2022)
SDGs In Miami
Together 18 Miami leaders from 5 verticals - Education /Technology /Enterprises /City /People - shared their initiatives and projects related to th... (2018)
Investing in the Fight Against Alzheimer's
Bill Gates, 2017: "In every part of the world, people are living longer than they used to. The longer you live, the more likely you are to develop... (2017)
Interview — Crisis Text Line's Nancy Lublin
Masters of Scale (podcast), 2017: “In this extended interview, Nancy Lublin, founding CEO of Crisis Text Line, shares insights from her restless c... (2017)
Grit Happens with Crisis Text Line's Nancy Lublin
Masters of Scale podcast, 2017: “#7 Grit Happens with Crisis Text Line's Nancy Lublin. To succeed, entrepreneurs need a good idea, timing, money, ... (2017)
Flipcause - fundraising, event and engagement tool for small nonprofits
THE BEST FUNDRAISING & ENGAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR SMALL NONPROFITS Flipcause helps growing nonprofits raise more money with fewer resources. Quick ... (2020)
Impact Toolkit | GIIN
Discover fit-for-purpose impact measurement and management systems, methods, indicators, and data (2019)
Case - Raise impact investing capital. Better.
The first online toolkit for raising impact investing capital.. (2019)
Last Mile Distribution Playbook — Miller Center
As part of the Replication Initiative, the Last Mile Distribution Playbook is a 12-module course based on best practices from pioneering distribu... (2019)
Bridgespan services for nonprofits | Creating Strategies for Scaling Impact
Bridgespan focuses on improving the results of social sector organizations by helping them to scale their impact, designing organizations for effec... (2019)
DIY Scaling Plan – Development Impact and You
Development Impact and You — Practical tools to trigger & support social innovation (2014)
Measure What Matters Most | B Impact Assessment
“The B Impact Assessment added a new twist to our initiatives - it helped us understand where we are in comparison to other companies.” (2018)