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
program-related investments
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 […]
Financing Not Fundraising: Explore New Types of Money
In part 7 of our ongoing blog series, Financing Not Fundraising, we are discussing finding and employing new types of money in the financial mix of your nonprofit. If you are new to this series, our Financing Not Fundraising blog series argues that fundraising in the nonprofit sector is broken. In fact, traditional fundraising is […]
My Wish List for SoCap 2011
Despite my frustration in an earlier post about this year’s Social Capital Markets Conference inability to fully integrate philanthropic and government capital into the discussion, I was reminded by a friend that we have actually come a long way in three short years. A keynoter at the first SoCap conference in 2008 noted that “we […]
Can PRIs Support Fundraising and Capacity Building?
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 […]
