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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

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

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

Prosthetic limbs - biotech, innovation, impact

A collection of articles about Prosthetic limbs - biotech, innovation, impact

Charity, Philanthropy and Investing

Charity, Philanthropy and investing

Helping Hands by Odyssey Teams

A collection of articles about Helping Hands by Odyssey Teams

Mission, Vision, Purpose and Corporate Culture

a collection of articles looking at Mission, Vision, Purpose and Corporate Culture

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

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

Social Capital and Social Impact Funds

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

Effective Altruism - and Charity, Philanthropy

a collection of articles about 'Effective Altruism' - and Charity, Philanthropy

Social impact and entrepreneurs

A collection about social impact entrepreneurship

Activist investors and Investing for social impact

Activist investors and Investing for social impact

Blackrock and Passive Investor's Impact on Corporate Culture

a collection of articles looking at Blackrock and Passive Investor's Impact on Corporate Culture

Social Impact through Programming

How can I do social good through programming?

Social Impact Funds

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

Corporate social responsibility and startup culture

A collection of articles and videos looking at corporate social responsibility and doing good thr...

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Opinion | Business beware, ‘stakeholder’ capitalism is parasitic progressivism - George Will, The Washington Post

ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing appeals to people for whom mere business – the creation of wealth and opportunity – lacks the ... (2022)


Article

Humble Bundle has raised $200 million for charity thanks to generous gamers - The Verge

Humble Bundle says its raised more than $200 million for charity since it launched in 2010. The company offers time-limited, pay-what-you-want gami... (2021)


Article

What We Learned Doing Fast Grants - Future

We launched an abnormally fast source of emergency science funding during COVID-19. The results revealed flaws in current science funding models. (2021)


Article

How one business plans to grow one billion trees in 10 years | World Economic Forum

Through community building and bringing companies and consumers closer to reforestation efforts, one company believes it can inspire more people to... (2021)


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How Google Docs became the social media of the resistance

In the week after George Floyd’s murder, hundreds of thousands of people joined protests across the US and around the globe, demanding education, a... (2020)


Article

Optimizing Your Pandemic Charity : Planet Money

Running the numbers on giving in the time of coronavirus We called up James Snowden, a senior research analyst at GiveWell. GiveWell is based in... (2020)


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Amazon's Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to launch Earth Fund for combating climate change

Bezos's fund will pen grants to scientists, activists and other organizations in their efforts to "preserve and protect the natural world." (2020)


Article

The Evil List

Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know. The 30 most dangerous corporat... (2020)


Article

It’s Taken Decades for Social Innovation to Become Mainstream | ideo.com

The next era of social innovation will be defined by cross-sector collaboration, and your business has a role to play (2020)


Article

Private fortunes are moving into social entrepreneurship and impact investing

The image of the traditional billionaire, surrounded by luxury and oblivious to what is happening on the planet, is beginning to be a thing of the ... (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)


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What You Need to Know about Impact Investing | The GIIN

Investors around the world are making impact investments to unleash the power of capital for good. Continue reading to learn about the core charact... (2019)


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Impact investments rocketed to $35bn in 2017

More than $35 billion was spent in over 11,000 impact investments last year and investors plan to commit 8% more capital in impact deals in 2018... (2018)


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Here's What Philanthropy Looks Like When Millennials From Tech and Finance Get Together — Inside Philanthropy

Two former hedge fund guys and the foundation of a Facebook billionaire have created something called the Open Philanthropy Project. It offers some... (2018)


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A new social movement is trying to bring scientific rigour to philanthropy - The Economist

Can “effective altruism” maximise the bang for each charitable buck? - Faith, hope and clarity "DONORS to charities rarely make the sort of cost... (2018)


Article

5 Ways To Scale Your Idea To Impact The World, According To Two Entrepreneurs Who Have

Room to Read has helped educate more than 12.4 million children. Now, two of the organization's leaders are sharing insight to help social entrepre... (2018)


Article

Corporations and the Culture Wars | Harvard

Today, institutional investors and other stakeholders are asking companies to take public stances on a wide array of topics, some of which may be w... (2018)


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The world’s largest investment firm wants corporations to "serve a social purpose"

BlackRock’s Larry Fink is telling CEOs to consider their societal responsibilities — but it’s not entirely clear what he means. (2018)


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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)


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Facebook, BlackRock, and the Case for Purpose-Driven Companies

Social commitment can pay off in the long term. "There is a lot of talk about purpose in business. Purpose-driven companies have been shown to o... (2018)


Article

Does Wall Street Finally Care About Sustainability?

"Larry Fink champions the long-term view, but many boards still don’t. BlackRock and other investors are in this for the money, as always. They a... (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

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)


Article

50 Ways to Get a Job That Makes Good

An interactive site that gives you all the steps you need to take to find a job that makes money and does good. This website is the result of ov... (2017)


Video

The TRUTH about B Corporations

The legendary B Corp Certification claims to be one of the best ways to certify and legitimize a company's intentions. We're wondering... Can we tr... (2023)


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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)


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How building prosthetic hands can help you give your best | Lain Hensley | TEDxChicoSalon

From dog houses to bicycles and beyond, Lain has found a space to expand both inspiration and ability around the world. Lain Hensley has traveled i... (2019)


Video

Odyssey Teams' Helping Hands Program: LN-4 Prosthetic Hand Recipients

Helping Hands | http://odysseyteams.com | (800) 342-1650 In this video, we show recipients of the LN-4 Prosthetic Hand. The prosthetic hands are pa... (2019)


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Helping Hands by Odyssey Teams | Giving An Amputee a Prosthetic Hand

Odyssey Teams had the opportunity to help this man by making him a prosthetic hand through our Helping Hands team building program. This is a life-... (2019)


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Radical Approaches to Social Change - Rebecca Fishman Lipsey - Innovation City with Venture Cafe

Innovation City Published on Feb 5, 2019 https://innovationcity.co/073-rebecca... Today’s guest is Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Founder & CEO of Ra... (2019)


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Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder CEO Social Capital, on Money as Instrument of Change | Stanford

Stanford Graduate School of Business Published on Nov 13, 2017 During his View From The Top talk, Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Soci... (2018)


Podcast

Goodwill Doesn't Want Your Broken Toaster : NPR

Goodwill Has A Trash Problem. We're The Cause. "Wish-cyclers" are donating millions of pounds of broken goods and trash to Goodwill. (2021)


Podcast

Can Corporations Stop Climate Change? - The Daily podcast

One letter to executives around the world has prioritized climate change on corporate agendas. But will this make a difference without government r... (2020)


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

Buy Me A Coffee | Where creators make money doing what they love

Buy Me A Coffee is the best way for creators and artists to accept one-off support and membership from their fans. (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)


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