Creating more strategic, financially savvy, and confident nonprofit leaders and organizations.
Lucy Bernholz is hosting a great conversation on her Blueprint Research and Design website called “What Capital When?” As part of their work with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in their Digital Media & Learning initiative, Blueprint is hosting this online conversation around the theories and strategies of program-related and mission investing […]
I was invited to speak at the Central Texas Education Funders monthly meeting about social innovation yesterday morning. It was an honor to talk to this engaged, savvy, thoughtful group of philanthropists who are passionate about making education better in Central Texas. Some of the foundations present were: Webber Family Foundation, Aragona Foundation, RGK Foundation, […]
I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. There is something pretty amazing going on in the world of philanthropy in Austin, Texas. I have been talking for awhile about how PRIs (Program Related Investments) could be used by foundations in new ways to build the revenue sustainability of a nonprofit organization. Just to […]
Something pretty interesting is happening in Austin around growth, social entrepreneurship and investment capital. The KDK Harman Foundation, launched in 2004 by Janet Harman with a $26 million endowment, is spearheading an effort to get the social sector here talking about and thinking about how to grow and replicate successful nonprofit models. The mission of […]