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Something pretty interesting is happening in the world of philanthropy. Anand Giridharadas, journalist and former Aspen Institute fellow, has just written a pretty major indictment of modern philanthropy in his new book, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Giridharadas takes big philanthropists to task for reinforcing the social problems they claim to […]
In today’s Social Velocity interview I’m talking with Pat Lawler. Pat is the CEO of Youth Villages, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping emotionally and behaviorally troubled children and their families live successfully. Youth Villages is often heralded as a model for high performing nonprofit organizations. In 2006, Lawler was recognized as one of “America’s […]
Last week’s Social Capital Markets Conference was an amazing experience. You really felt as though you were at the beginning of something pretty innovative. The financial market collapse of the last year has given the emerging social capital markets, where social impact and money converge, a voice and credibility. Indeed some social investments, like those […]
In the last couple of years there have been discussions about the convergence of the public, private and nonprofit sectors, some call this The Fourth Sector. Up until now, there have been, for the most part, 3 separate sectors. The government sector was separate and distinct from the private (or for-profit) sector which was separate […]
These past months have been frightening, with new banks crumbling every week and the government weighing the merits of a $700 billion bailout. The economy is reeling with tremendous uncertainty. I can see the nonprofit sector, which is often hit hardest and longest by any economic downturn, holding its collective breath, unsure what all of […]
