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Is The Nonprofit Sector Really Broken?

January 8, 2015 By Nell Edgington 7 Comments

There was a bit of a dust up in the (social change) Twitterverse yesterday. Ryan Seashore from CodeNow wrote a post on TechCrunch arguing that the majority of nonprofits are “broken,” and should act more like for-profit startups in order to create impact. The post follows a similar line of other arguments over the years (most recently Carrie Rich’s […]

Social Enterprise is Not the Answer to Fundraising Woes

October 21, 2014 By Nell Edgington 6 Comments

There is an article in Forbes this month that bothered me. Carrie Rich, co-founder and CEO of The Global Good Fund, argues that more nonprofits should move from a “donor-driven organization” to a “revenue-producing social enterprise.” Instead of “relying on donor funding” more organizations should “create revenue-producing services.” In essence she is encouraging more nonprofits to figure out how […]

Moving Social Finance Forward: An Interview with Ted Levinson

September 10, 2013 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Ted Levinson. Ted is the Director of Lending at RSF Social Finance, a San Francisco-based financial services non-profit dedicated to transforming the way the world works with money. Levinson manages RSF’s flagship $75 million Social Investment Fund which provides debt capital to US and Canadian social enterprises. […]

Why Social Entrepreneurship Shouldn't Abandon the Nonprofit Sector

July 11, 2013 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

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 […]

Calling All Nonprofit Social Entrepreneurs

October 4, 2012 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

There is a really interesting research study about social entrepreneurs going on at the University of Massachusetts and you may want to join in. John Walker, Finance Director at Echoing Green and Nardia Haigh, Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Management at UMass Boston are investigating social entrepreneurs who went through a process of […]

Chatting About Social Entrepreneurship

July 27, 2012 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

As I announced in an earlier post, yesterday I participated in a Live Chat organized by the Foundation Center about social entrepreneurship. Abby Chroman from Ashoka joined me as a fellow panelist, along with The Foundation Center’s Katie Artzner who moderated. We took questions from the audience about social entrepreneurship, social change, where nonprofits fit […]

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 […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: November

December 2, 2011 By Nell Edgington 5 Comments

November was another great month in the world of social innovation. Here is my pick of the top 10 posts, articles, graphics, and discussions. As always, please add your favorites from the month to the comments. And if you want to see a longer list of what catches my eye, follow me on Twitter @nedgington. […]

Nonprofits as Equal Partners in the Economy: An Interview with Robert Egger

November 7, 2011 By Nell Edgington 6 Comments

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Robert Egger. Robert is the Founder and President of the DC Central Kitchen, the country’s first “community kitchen”, where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job training program. In addition, Robert is the Founder and […]

10 Great Social Innovation Reads: July

August 18, 2011 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

I’ve been out exploring the Western states of the country (which I HIGHLY recommend) for the last few weeks, so my blog posts have been sparse, and my 10 Great Reads for July a bit delinquent, so please forgive me. Below are the 10 things that got me thinking last month. You can also read […]

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