NonProfit Quarterly

JULY 16, 2025

Space isn’t just a physical location but rather the foundation for resilience, cultural expression, and long-term autonomy. In many of the same communities facing displacement, space isn’t just a physical location but rather the foundation for resilience, cultural expression, and long-term autonomy. Its focus, like R.A.G.E.

Food 64

Food Finance Culture Entrepreneurship 64

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Echoing Green, the Skoll Foundation, and a small group of other social innovation-focused organizations have recently come together to explore how we can better permeate these principles and practices throughout society, from the grassroots to the grasstops. The global impact investing market is valued at $1.57 trillion and growing.

Governance 95

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 95

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 24, 2025

million) livelihoods program funded by the IKEA Foundation. Collaboration between complementary partners can also unlock scale opportunities. In Kampala and Nairobi, IRC coordinates Re: BUiLD , a five-year, 30 million Euro ($33.4

Children 92

Children Governance Civil Society Collaborations 92

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Temple Foundation, a place-based private family foundation, created the Rural Opportunity Catalyst for East Texas (ROC-ET) Initiative. Temple Foundation structured the ROC-ET Initiative grants to Communities Unlimited and PeopleFund for operational adaptability and long-term regional success. From the grant’s outset, the T.L.L.

Nonprofit Administration and Development 111

Nonprofit Administration and Development Entrepreneurship Finance Agriculture 111

Stanford Social Innovation Review

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Right Livelihood Foundation recognized Sekem as a blueprint for a healthy corporation in the 21 st century. Project Mercy , an Ethiopian organization that empowers rural communities by addressing fundamental needs of all community members, is another inspiring example of holistic development.

Health 118

Health Public and Social Policy Medical Governance 118

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

These transformative programs have produced remarkable outcomes for cohorts in journalism, finance, law, media & entertainment, entrepreneurship, and healthcare. Men vastly outnumber women as managers and senior leaders, so when they avoid, ice out, or exclude women, we pay the price. They should mentor them.”

Leadership 116

Leadership Entrepreneurship Public and Nonprofit Management Finance 116

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

takeleadwomen acknowledges the #depth and #breadth of #Blackwomen in #business, #entrepreneurship, #education, #media and all of #American #culture far past the calendar month of the year. The team and the organization build on their strengthscommunity assets, not community deficits. Read more in Take The Lead about Donna Cryer here 5.

Race and Ethnicity 69

Race and Ethnicity Entrepreneurship Leadership Education 69

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 2, 2024

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? We believe the answer lies in grounding the field in different foundations: the political philosophy of John Rawls.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 130

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

JUNE 21, 2024

Prest Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Olatunji Ajani was recently named executive director for 1 Million Cups and Kauffman FastTrac at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Emerson Foundation has appointed its next president. Also, GivingTuesday has named two new executives, and the Fred L.

Entrepreneurship 146

Entrepreneurship Foundations 146

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

DJ Bola could fully realize the potential of his venture and started to attend events and form connections within the social entrepreneurship ecosystem. Furthermore, our research revealed that the unequal structure of Brazilian society is reproduced in the field of social entrepreneurship through two mechanisms.

Social Entrepreneurship 129

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Social Enterprise Social Enterprise 129

Affnetz

JULY 10, 2023

Short answer – philanthropy from individuals, foundation grants, government grants, events, earned revenue, membership dues, social entrepreneurship, investments (endowments), and probably a few more things! Sometimes (thankfully) foundation provide general operating support, other times it’s restricted support for a specific project.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Nonprofit governance and management Entrepreneurship Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 14, 2014

I found out more details of my speaking gig at the Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship in late June. I had to approve the design of a new business card. I learned more about our social media conversations. I let a colleague know her video was on YouTube. I confirmed that I could speak on an America’s Charities webinar in July.

Communication 237

Communication Social Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Entrepreneurship 237

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple Foundation, 2022 The graph has a clarifying quality, disabusing any suggestion that our regions (represented by the green, blue, and orange lines) are on the right track. In rural East Texas we have a pilot model to get started.

Entrepreneurship 127

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 127

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

billion … although #1, Margaret Cargill, an heir to the fortune of her grandfather’s Cargill Corporation (agriculture and food production), gave $6 billion of that in a bequest to her two foundations (which give to the American Red Cross, Nature Conservancy, YMCA and Public Broadcasting Service, among others).

Entrepreneurship 69

Entrepreneurship Agriculture Philanthropy Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2023

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards. Several years ago, she was asked to serve on the foundation’s board of directors.

Race and Ethnicity 119

Race and Ethnicity Social Entrepreneurship Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment 119

Fundraising Coach

JUNE 28, 2011

For example, if you want to use Linkedin to connect with foundations then you might: Search for people who work at those foundations. Use Linkedin Answers to ask a question about contacting foundations. Join groups that they have joined and participate. Ask for introductions through mutual Linkedin connections.

Social Entrepreneurship 97

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Nonprofits Foundations 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you give with your family or a family, whether through a donor-advised fund, a foundation, a giving circle, or anything in between, you are connected to family philanthropy. These two foundations exemplify not just expanded giving but a move away from default positions and toward more purpose-driven, problem-focused philanthropy.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (New York, NY). 5) Communications Coordinator , Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Bethesda, MD). Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York, NY). The Michael J. 2) Cause Marketing and Event Production Specialist , Wholesome Wave (Bridgeport, CT). 6) Communications Director.

Marketing 65

Marketing Marketing Entrepreneurship Energy 65

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Alternative sources of funding, such as patient capital and slow money , have different scale implications.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 2, 2024

Photo by Women’s Sports Foundation.) Olympics2024 ” On the positive side, there has been so much progress in participation, coverage, investment and entrepreneurship surrounding women’s sports. Encouraging girls in sports early offers mental and physical health benefits and encourages leadership.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Leadership Food Health 126

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Investing in people and places that have been historically excluded from traditional investment support will always appear risky to foundations and fund managers. We can provide “friends and family” funding using patient, flexible capital to advance resiliency for Black businesses and the communities they serve.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Either we rely on grant and donor funding, or must continually justify to investors and the public that our entrepreneurship is relevant to solving some of the most pressing issues of our time. What about public sector funds or foundation grants? The Investment Mirage. But the premise of these events seemed odd.

Public and Social Policy 119

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 119

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

JH: Well, look at the example of the Ford Foundation. Institutions like the Ford Foundation and other long-standing philanthropies have an actual legacy of engaging these structures and these institutions that allows a consistent engagement with these issues on a policy level. So, 100 percent, community foundations.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

These are the women that came back and built many of the foundational and educational programs still standing today, such as United Indian Health Services, North Coast Indian Development Corporation, and the Native Cultures Fund. It was the best approach we knew at the time for transforming systems and policies to improve health equity.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

The Agitator

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Here is a terrific comment on yesterday’s Agitator post from Andrew Kramer describing how his organization, Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) in Houston, builds cultivation into the guts of their program … and the enormous benefits reaped. He was taking me to task for treating cultivation merely as a monetary cost.

Entrepreneurship 64

Entrepreneurship Retention Foundations Values 64

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

Control : frugality, effective money management, black and white answers that come from scientific pursuits, own business/entrepreneurship, self reliance (especially younger Millennials). Consistency : stable employment, stay at college, complete college.

Nonprofit governance and management 87

Nonprofit governance and management Entrepreneurship Governance Values 87

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education. Featured in Descendant , the work being done by organizations like the Clotilda Descendants Association and the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation parallels the work at Historic Clayborn Temple. To restore the future, you must know the past.

Culture 122

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Companies Taking Action B in Action was launched in 2022 by two initiatives of the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Entrepreneurship and self-employment are also emerging as promising avenues for individuals with disabilities.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 119

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 26, 2024

Eyes on the enterprise’s foundational intentions. New research shows leaders who address their own emotional labor and that of others, produce “organizational resilience,” according to the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. Lead with established core values.

Leadership 125

Leadership Entrepreneurship Values Management 125

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Entrepreneurship is a dream that many individuals desire to pursue for a variety of reasons, from acting on a passion project to leaving a job that no longer aligns with their career goals. After the pandemic, entrepreneurship boomed – with women having a major part in leading that charge.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Management Energy Values 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Bridging Analytics and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship thrives on insight and precision, both of which are the forte of analytics. Adaptability: A solid foundation in analytics fosters a mindset that is adaptable, allowing entrepreneurs to pivot strategies based on real-time data insights.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Technology Foundations Marketing 52

Stanford Social Innovation Review

JUNE 10, 2025

More recently, the Rockefeller Foundation supported the Green Revolution and the emergence of molecular biology as a new scientific discipline, and many foundations contributed to the child survival revolution that dramatically reduced child mortality in developing countries. We think there are two primary factors.

Philanthropy 72

Philanthropy Collaborations Recruitment Foundations 72

iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

And, their assistance is 100% free (thanks to the generous support of people like me — yes, I donate a little bit here and there — major donors, and amazing Foundations). The award will be presented to me by the Office Depot Foundation (an outstanding organization too). . Bobbitt, executive director of The SCORE Foundation.

Non-Profits 68

Non-Profits Entrepreneurship Volunteerism Volunteerism 68

Candid

JANUARY 14, 2022

Focused on restaurant recovery and entrepreneurship, the Grants for Growth program will award $10,000 to a hundred businesses on Uber Eats in ten U.S. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. January 12, 2022.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Education Education Foundations 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 27, 2024

Shattuck touches on segmentation in marketing, creating strong relationship foundations, and adding a personal touch to your outreach. It’s the perfect solution to help your management team to go back to the basics and build a stronger foundation for growing your organization.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Leadership 130

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In these real-world scenarios, adaptive thinking is cultivated—building resilience and strategic acuity critical in entrepreneurship. Tailored Learning Approaches In the landscape of entrepreneurship, tailored learning translates to specialized knowledge acquisition aligned with one’s unique business trajectory and ambitions.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Education Education Collaborations 52