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Author Dan Pallotta, and the book "Uncharitable", on issues scaling a Non-Profit

Author Dan Pallotta, and the book "Uncharitable", on issues scaling a Non-Profit

Criticism of stakeholder capitalism and ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing

Criticism of stakeholder capitalism and ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing

Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

Woke, Cancel Culture and Free Speech Debate

Problem - ESG funds: environmental, social and governance finance, activist investors

Problems with ESG funds: environmental, social and governance finance, activist investors

Aging, Health, Disease and Science

Aging, Health and Science - age

How to Scale a Non-Profit - tools, websites, resources

Entrepreneurship advice for nonprofits. A collection of articles and videos for startup founders ...

Patagonia - clothing, sportswear company

Patagonia - clothing, sportswear company

Social Capital and Social Impact Funds

Impact investing: “investors seeking to do good. Some consider social impact investing a sort of...

Knight Foundation: Funding Tech and Civic Innovation

a collection of articles and videos looking at the Knight Foundation and economic development

NonProfits, B Corps and Public Benefit Corporations: How to Choose an Incorporation Type

Legal issues to think about when starting a startup (for entrepreneurs)

Art Museums, Investments and Architecture

A collection of articles and videos about art museums

Art Museums and Fund Raising

A collection of articles and videos about art museums

Social impact and entrepreneurs

A collection about social impact entrepreneurship

Activist investors and Investing for social impact

Activist investors and Investing for social impact

Knight Foundation: Arts and Innovation

a collection of articles and videos looking at the Knight Foundation and funding of arts and inno...

Social Impact through Programming

How can I do social good through programming?

Knight Foundation: Funding Journalism, Creativity and and Innovation

a collection of articles and videos looking at the Knight Foundation and economic development

Resources within this category

Article

The 'Nonprofit' Label Pays Dividends in K-12 - Market Brief

District leaders say they prefer to purchase from nonprofit companies. (2019)


Article

Scaling Social Entrepreneurial Impact - Duke University

pdf from Duke - Scaling Social Entrepreneurial Impact (2019)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


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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)


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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)


Article

Grants - NGLC Next Gen Learning

NGLC supports the educators who are reimagining public education. (2018)


Article

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)


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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)


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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)


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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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Article

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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Video

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)


Podcast

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)


Podcast

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)


Website

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)


Website

Impact Toolkit | GIIN

Discover fit-for-purpose impact measurement and management systems, methods, indicators, and data (2019)


Website

Case - Raise impact investing capital. Better.

The first online toolkit for raising impact investing capital.. (2019)


Website

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)


Website

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)


Website

DIY Scaling Plan – Development Impact and You

Development Impact and You — Practical tools to trigger & support social innovation (2014)


Website

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)


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3 Videos
2 Podcasts
7 Websites
21 Chunks