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10 Great Social Innovation Reads: July & Aug 2015

September 1, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Since I was out of the office for a good chunk of July and August, I’ve decided to combine both months into one 10 Great Reads list. But let me be clear, there was still lots going on, I just happened to be (somewhat blissfully) missing it. From philanthropy’s role in inequality, to climate change preparation, to […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: June 2015

July 9, 2015 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

June was an amazing month in the world of social change. Most notably, the long fight for marriage equality was won with the Supreme Court’s ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. It is moments like these where the long, arduous road towards social change makes sense. But that wasn’t all that was going on in the busy month of June. […]

Convergence Can't Be Denied

January 28, 2010 By Nell Edgington 11 Comments

There is a fascinating debate going on in the blogsphere touched off by Michael Edwards, author of  Small Change: Why Business Won’t Save the World and former director of the Ford Foundation’s Governance and Civil Society program. In essence, the debate is about whether the convergence of the private (business) and the nonprofit sectors is […]

Foundations Can Lead the Charge Toward a New Philanthropy

June 16, 2009 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

The news in the philanthropy world this week is not good.  It seems that our fears about the effect of the economic downturn on philanthropy are being confirmed in spades.  The Ford Foundation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundations, two of the largest in the country, are both reducing their staffs by 30%+ and making other […]

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