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April 18, 2017 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

Putting Wealth to Work for Social Value Creation: An Interview with Jen Ratay

In this month’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Jen Ratay. Jen is executive director of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund – SV2, a community of families and individuals who come together to learn about effective giving and impact investing while pooling their resources and skills to support promising social ventures. Prior to taking […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Fundraising, growth capital, Individual donors, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Mission-Related Investing, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, Planning, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Investing, Venture Philanthropy Tagged With: Foundations, funders, Jen Ratay, Mission-Related Investing, nonprofit, nonprofit capacity, organizational effectiveness, Philanthropy, Silicon Valley, social impact, Social Venture Partners, social ventures, SV2, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

July 11, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

Why Social Entrepreneurship Shouldn't Abandon the Nonprofit Sector

Note: I was asked by UnSectored, a community platform for rethinking social change, to write a post as part of their month-long conversation leading up to the William James Foundation’s Annual Gathering about how we sustain social enterprise. Below is that post. It originally appeared on the UnSectored blog where you can see the other […]

Filed Under: Convergence, Economy, Innovators, Inspiration, Leadership, Mission-Related Investing, Nonprofits, scale, Social change, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, Venture Philanthropy Tagged With: impact investing, Mission-Related Investing, MRIs, nonprofit, nonprofit sector, Philanthropy, reinventing the nonprofit sector, social capital market, social change, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship, social innovation, Venture Philanthropy

November 9, 2012 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

Taking Philanthropic Risks: An Interview with Chris Earthman

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Chris Earthman, Executive Director for the Aragona Family Foundation. For the last 8 years Chris has also worked for Austin Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in the Southwestern US. Chris has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of nonprofit and for-profit enterprises, […]

Filed Under: Board of Directors, Capacity Building, capacity capital, Foundations, Fundraising, growth capital, Innovators, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, PRI, Roadblocks, scale, Social change, Social Entrepreneurship, social finance, Social Investing, social return on investment, Venture Philanthropy Tagged With: Aragona Family Foundation, Austin Ventures, Chris Earthman, family foundations, foundation proposals, Fundraising, GIIRS, grantmaking, impact investing, Micron Technology Foundation, Mission-Related Investing, nonprofit capacity capital, nonprofit grantees, nonprofit mergers and acquisitions, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, social innovation, Sonen Capital, spend down foundation

September 20, 2012 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Philanthropy's Role in Social Innovation: An Interview with Adin Miller

This month’s Social Velocity interview talks with Adin Miller, Senior Director for Community Impact and Innovations at the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

Filed Under: Education, evaluation, Financing, Foundations, impact investing, Innovators, Inspiration, Mission-Related Investing, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, PRI, Social Entrepreneurship, social finance, Social Investing, social media, social return on investment Tagged With: Adin Miller, community foundations, Foundations, foundations and social media, impact investing, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, Mission-Related Investing, nonprofit impact, nonprofit outcomes, nonprofit social media, Philanthropy, program-related investments, Social Entrepreneurship, social innovation, Social Velocity interview series

June 1, 2012 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: May 2012

In the world of social innovation, May was most definitely about innovations in philanthropy and funding of social change. From social impact bond experiments, to hybrid foundations, to impact investing, to the Giving Pledge 2.0, there was much discussion and debate about how funders of social change should and are innovating. And that is very […]

Filed Under: Capacity Building, evaluation, Financing, Foundations, Fundraising, government, impact investing, Individual donors, Innovators, Leadership, Mission-Related Investing, Nonprofits, outcomes, Philanthropy, PRI, scale, Social change, Social Entrepreneurship, social finance, Social Investing, Strategy Tagged With: community foundations, Foundations, Giving Pledge, impact investing, Mission-Related Investing, nonprofit advocacy, nonprofit endowments, nonprofit growth, nonprofit outcomes, Nonprofits, pay for success bonds, program-related investments, scale, social entrepreneurs, social impact bonds, theory of change

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