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Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
A New Type of Philanthropy: Donating Data
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleInformation is a public good. -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy - on giving. But it's hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy... -
Tulsa's Big Bet on Remote Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it. -
How Texting is Changing Philanthropy
Global Business Digital ArticleWithin philanthropy circles, one of the major subtexts of the earthquake in Haiti was the phenomenal success of text-message fundraising appeals. Nonprofits... -
Avoiding the Madonna Effect in Philanthropy
Business education Digital ArticleThe collapse of Madonna’s high-profile effort to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi has made headlines around the world. The singer’s celebrity and the $3.8 million lost in the effort guaranteed that. But in philanthropy, failure is an almost everyday occurrence. Giving money away smartly, so that it not only gets results but […] -
Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAcademics, government, and civic groups can all benefit from greater access. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have. -
Lincoln Center CEO Henry Timms on New Models for Effective Leadership
Business and society Digital Article“New power” is about circulating new ideas for anyone and everyone to interpret and build on – rather than being controlled by a centralized organization. -
Succeeding at the “Social” Part of ESG
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleFive lessons from a survey of more than 600 companies. -
The New Corporate Philanthropy
Business ethics Magazine ArticleMore and more companies are supporting movements for social change while advancing their business goals. -
An Apollo Program for American Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
Organizational Development Digital ArticleIt's time. -
Q & A: Jane Wales on Global Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThis week in Washington: the eighth annual Global Philanthropy Forum. Jane Wales is co-founder of the forum, the director of the Program on Philanthropy... -
When Corporate Philanthropy Makes the Recipient Look Bad
Leadership & Managing People ResearchA study of theaters and their artistic reputations. -
How Philanthropists Can Diversify Their Grantmaking Portfolios
Investment management Digital ArticleIt’s about creating a balance of grant types, categorized by operations, growth, and risk. -
Audacious Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePrivate philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally.... -
The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleMost companies feel compelled to give to charity. Few have figured out how to do it well. -
How Nonprofits Can Encourage Donors to Give More
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThree research-backed strategies. -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively...
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Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Myeloma Investment Fund
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure... -
Janet Ames (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Richard Lund: Personal Wealth and Philanthropy
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Richard Lund had reached an important crossroads in his life. At age 65, Lund had had a great deal of success-and amassed much wealth-but he needed to... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (A): Landscape of Philanthropy in the U.S.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
ERKE: Consumption Binge Caused by Donations
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Hongxing ERKE Industrial Co., Ltd. (ERKE), founded in 2000, was the first large Chinese sportswear company to list overseas. Despite the difficulties... -
BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing... -
Pittsburgh: A Successful City?
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production,... -
George Soros: A Life in Full
30.00View Details A compelling new picture of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time. The name George Soros is recognized around the... -
Maria Ahlstrom-Bondestam: Together Everyone Achieves More
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case presents the unique approach to philanthropy of the Ahlstrom family. A group of 25 fifth-generation female Ahlstrom family members founded the... -
Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband... -
Market Dynamics and Moral Dilemmas: Novo Nordisk's Weight-Loss Drugs
Management Case Study11.95View Details Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk was owned by a charitable foundation, and since its founding in the 1920s had focused on producing insulin... -
The Ford Foundation: Reimagining Philanthropy to Build a More Just and Fair World
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case profiles Ford Foundation president Darren Walker and his goal of reimagining philanthropy in order to build a more just and fair world. Specifically,... -
From Philanthropy to Collaboration: André Hoffmann Launches InTent
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case is about the decision-making process that led André and Rosalie Hoffmann to establish InTent, a non-governmental organization that forges action-based... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (D): Corporate Philanthropy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
Sales & Marketing Case Study11.95View Details In 2018, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in a bold move transferred all its assets to a fund pooled with other General Partners and Limited Partners,... -
Note on Innovations in Philanthropy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Provides a framework for thinking systematically about innovations in philanthropy. To be successful and sustainable, innovative approaches to philanthropy... -
Sun Hing: Keeping the Family Together through Philanthropy - an Update in 2020
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for #ST17. -
The Incentive for Legacy: Tsinghua University Education Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Vivian Yuan seeks to bolster the Tsinghua University Education Foundation's fundraising efforts and investment goals in a new era of Chinese higher education.... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (B): Philanthropy by Individual Donors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based...
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Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Myeloma Investment Fund
Management Case Study11.95View Details This case explores a critical decision facing the Myeloma Investment Fund (MIF) as it evaluates two investment opportunities aimed at accelerating a cure... -
Janet Ames (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Richard Lund: Personal Wealth and Philanthropy
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Richard Lund had reached an important crossroads in his life. At age 65, Lund had had a great deal of success-and amassed much wealth-but he needed to... -
A New Type of Philanthropy: Donating Data
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleInformation is a public good. -
Setting a Corporate Strategy for Social Good
Strategy AudioTo “do well by doing good,” you need a good strategy. -
Three Cases of Better Corporate Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThis season of giving often brings a focus on corporate philanthropy - on giving. But it's hard to do well. If you wanted to design a corporate philanthropy... -
Tulsa's Big Bet on Remote Workers
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA program paid workers $10,000 to relocate to Tulsa. And two recent studies suggest the investment was worth it. -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (A): Landscape of Philanthropy in the U.S.
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based...
