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Tools to Build a Stronger Nonprofit Sector

April 26, 2012 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

A little over a year ago I started introducing tools on the Social Velocity web site to help nonprofits, who might not be able to afford consulting services, grow their programs, create a financing strategy, revamp their board. I am blown away by how popular these tools have become. I started Social Velocity almost four […]

Could Philanthropic Equity Revolutionize the Nonprofit Sector?

February 13, 2012 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

Today I guest blogged on the About.com Nonprofit Charitable Orgs blog, at the request of the blog’s author, Joanne Fritz. The topic is one that is near and dear to my heart, philanthropic equity. “Philanthropic equity” is just a fancy term for the kind of money the nonprofit sector so desperately needs and every nonprofit […]

The Future of Financing Social Change: An Interview with Antony Bugg-Levine

December 5, 2011 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Antony Bugg-Levine. Antony Bugg-Levine is the CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund, a national nonprofit and financial intermediary dedicated to mobilizing and deploying capital effectively to build a just and vibrant society. In this role, Mr. Bugg-Levine oversees more than $225 million of capital under management […]

Raising Money to Grow On: Putting the Strategic Plan in Place

November 28, 2011 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

Last May I launched a new ongoing blog series that profiles Social Velocity’s work with Charlotte Chamber Music, a small performing arts organization that has a big vision, but lacks the capital to get there. Charlotte Chamber Music enlisted Social Velocity’s help last Spring to create a strategic plan and a capacity capital pitch to […]

Financing Not Fundraising E-Book

November 2, 2011 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

I’m delighted to announce that, by popular demand, we are releasing today the Financing Not Fundraising, 2011 e-book. This 27-page e-book is a compilation and expansion on the 11 blog posts from 2011 in the Social Velocity Financing Not Fundraising blog series. In the midst of an incredibly challenging economic situation that is not getting […]

Next Generation of High Engagagement Philanthropy: An Interview with Carol Thompson Cole

September 9, 2011 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Carol Thompson Cole. Carol is President & CEO of Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP), a philanthropic investment organization (co-founded by Mario Morino) that helps great leaders build strong, high-performing nonprofit institutions. She has over thirty years of management experience in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. […]

Raising Money to Grow On: Creating The Plan

July 28, 2011 By Nell Edgington 8 Comments

In May I launched a new ongoing blog series that profiles Social Velocity’s work with Charlotte Chamber Music, a small performing arts organization that has a big vision, but lacks the capital to get there. Charlotte Chamber Music enlisted Social Velocity’s help last Spring to create a strategic plan and a capacity capital pitch to […]

What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach The Nonprofit Sector

June 22, 2011 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

I’ve written before that with the excitement around the social entrepreneurship movement there is a danger that we are abandoning the nonprofit sector. Indeed, there is sometimes a tendency to dismiss the sector that was working on social change long before it was “cool”. Often the older nonprofit sector is left behind, partly because the […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: May

June 1, 2011 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

In our ongoing blog series, 10 Great Social Innovation Reads, below are my top 10 picks for the best reads in the world of social innovation in May. But I’m sure I missed some great stuff, so please add your favorites from the past month in the comments. Three new books released recently argue in […]

A Case Study in Raising Money to Grow On

May 31, 2011 By Nell Edgington 3 Comments

Last fall I wrote a blog post arguing that small nonprofits need access to philanthropic equity (money to build their organizations) just as much as larger, more sophisticated nonprofits do. My post was in response to George Overholser’s Social Velocity blog interview where he argued that philanthropic equity (or growth capital) campaigns, where a nonprofit […]

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