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    The Huge Potential Of Investing In Products For the Neediest in America

    Fast Company May 20, 2017

    When a hard-nosed venture capital firm like Andreessen Horowitz puts money into your startup, you know you have money-making potential. Brooklyn fintech startup Propel has long had users for its app aimed at food…

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    Launching Your Own Major Project

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors May 18, 2017

    Why Give in a Major Way? In the 21st century, donors are more proactive. They often become the authors of their philanthropic work, beginning with an idea or an issue…

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    Mapping the Journey to Impact Investing at Surdna Foundation

    National Center for Family Philanthropy May 18, 2017

    This report focuses on how to organize a generative process to learn about and discuss impact investing, using our own experience as a guide. Existing resources in the field can…

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    What is Holding Back Impact Investing?

    Fast Company May 16, 2017

    Better government policy could supercharge the growth of investing for profit and good, taking it from niche to mainstream. Revolution Foods was an early beneficiary of the growing interest in…

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    Demystifing Decision-making for Family Foundation Boards

    National Center for Family Philanthropy May 16, 2017

    How do you make decisions related to your family’s philanthropy? Does the method you choose vary based on the importance or complexity of the decision? Different kinds of decisions made…

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    8 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Live-Streaming Video for Better Storytelling

    Guidestar May 16, 2017

    Live-streaming video on Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, etc., is all the rage for nonprofits who want to up their digital storytelling game. This exciting new storytelling device involves filming an event…

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    Heavy Hitters Collaborate on New Blueprint for Women’s Funds to Lead Social Change

    Philanthropy Women May 15, 2017

    Things are really coming together for women’s funds and gender lens investing, as this new report details. The new report is written by Joy Anderson, President and Founder of Criterion Institute,…

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    Creating a Culture of Innovation with Employee Health Care

    Boardsource May 15, 2017

    There is one incredibly important question you should be asking yourself and your leadership team at your next board meeting. Are our employee health benefits as equitable and valuable as…

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    The Way We Think About Charity is Dead Wrong

    TED May 9, 2017

    Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend —…

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    Crowdfunding Displacing Deep Pocket for Greater Impact?

    LJ Salazar Consulting May 6, 2017

    Twenty billion dollars strong and with a double-digit annual growth rate, crowdfunding is a staggering one-third of the venture capital industry, and at near parity with Angel Investing. The power…

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    Behind Hong Kong start-up successes is venture capital – we talk to money man backing socially responsible ventures

    South China Morning Post May 5, 2017

    Today, we turn the tables in our series about Hong Kong start-up successes Groovers & Shakers to talk to one of money men who finance the fine art of entrepreneurship.…

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    Teacher – I love my job but the chaos of urban school reform is wearing me out

    Washington Post May 4, 2017

    I publish a lot of posts about school choice — the movement to offer alternatives to traditional public schools — and consequences of choice policies, but this is a little…

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