This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recently, Revolution, my investment firm, launched the new Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, a $150 million fund that will make investments in startups outside of Silicon Valley. The fund…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you don’t like the idea of investing in companies with poor records on issues like sexual harassment in the workplace or gender diversity in boardrooms, here’s a new option…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Are you looking for volunteer opportunities in Phoenix? Here are several nonprofits, rated highly by people who have already volunteered or interned there. We’ve listed nonprofits supporting all types of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump and countless Republicans ran on fixing our immigration system. There is no shortage of ideas on how to get the job done: build a wall; build fences; use…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When we put a commercial of Messi during a large athletic tournament or soccer game talking about the SDGs, we reach audiences that previously hadn’t heard of the SDGs. Young…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The severity of the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis becomes even clearer when viewed from space. An estimated 624,000 Rohingya refugees, a Muslim ethnic minority in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state, have fled to neighboring Bangladesh…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even many Jersey voters might not know that Governor-elect Phil Murphy’s clean-energy platform aims to put the Garden State on a path to 100% clean energy by 2050. New Jersey has the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eliminating poverty. Achieving universal access to energy. Ending inequality in education. These are just some of the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a United Nations framework to address…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the most difficult problems for nonprofits to tackle is the problem of donor retention rates. Most nonprofits set retention goals but have difficulty achieving them. The solution to low donor…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit organizations are continually faced with the challenge of increasing donations, but often do not have the access or tools which enable them to better understand individual giving trends. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The term “endowment” today denotes funds that are “accepted subject to a requirement that the principal be maintained intact and invested to create a source of income.” And endowment size…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this year, Accion Venture Lab, Newid Capital and a group of angel investors backed a $1.25 million seed round for Lidya, a Nigerian startup that helps small businesses in the West African nation build credit…