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- 01 Jun 2014
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Clubs Hopping
Amelia Angella (MBA 2001) (Photo courtesy of Amelia Angella) EMPOWERING NONPROFITS While the HBS Association of Boston's Community Action Partners (CAP) program actually began in 1993, they're marking its 20th anniversary this year. "We... View Details
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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
digitization in education. Company/Organizational and Fund Profiles GuideStar Pro - Information about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations.... View Details
- 15 Apr 2014
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Bertarelli Foundation Gift Names Deans' Health & Life Sciences Challenge Prize
generations. In 2007, Serono was purchased by Merck KGaA. The company was subsequently known as Merck Serono SA. Since the sale of Serono, Bertarelli has focused on a number of private investment and nonprofit roles, notably Waypoint... View Details
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Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Providing Scholarships for Impact on a Sector In debating how to approach its support of nonprofit leaders to attend HBS executive education programs, the Harvard Club of Australia–Victoria decided the best strategy was to make an impact... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
Laura S. Scher (MBA '85) is something of a modern-day Robin Hood, an entrepreneurial activist who redistributes the wealth of the marketplace to those in need. Through her company, San Francisco based Working Assets Funding Service, this... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Innovation Goes Mainstream
Ten years ago, social enterprise pioneer Linda Rottenberg wasn’t taken seriously when she pitched established foundations to fund her upstart organization, Endeavor, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
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A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
nonprofit sector, but decided to get business experience first,” she recalls. “When I was ready to make that jump, I found that I had a business background but I didn’t have a network, and nonprofits didn’t... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 06 Jun 2018
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The Business of Social Justice
Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003) is the chief operating officer of the Schott Foundation for Public Education, a nonprofit organization focused on strengthening public education through grants and advocacy. The foundation’s mission aims at ending... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Prof’s Dream Comes True
Tufano Tax refunds can now be channeled into the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, a policy victory for HBS professor Peter Tufano (left), founder and president of the nonprofit Doorway to Dreams Fund (D2D)... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A game-changer for migrant students
Martin Curiel (MBA 2004) knows how hard life can be for migrant farm workers. He went from picking fruit with this family as a youth to creating a way for migrant farm workers to further their education. Curiel cofounded Rising Farmworker Dream View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'
First he pioneered the British venture capitalist industry, cofounding Apax Partners in 1972. Then Sir Ronald M. Cohen (MBA 1969) led the way in social investment, prompting The Economist to call him “the compassionate capitalist.” Now he is revolutionizing the way... View Details
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Social Entrepreneurship & Systems Change
about the missions, programs, and finances of more than 1.7 million nonprofit organizations. Foundation Directory Online - information and funding history for 140,000+ foundations, corporations, and... View Details
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Kraft Accelerator
What are Disease Foundation Leaders Focused on Right Now? (pdf) HBS Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator How Nonprofit Foundations Can Sustainably Fund Disease Research Harvard Business Review What It Takes... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- News
Your Guide to Social Enterprise
with that organization. She spent two years there, before becoming a consultant to the Fund and then to a number of other nonprofit organizations. During that time, Keohane also began a seminar at Yale on... View Details
- 18 Nov 2021
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Strength in Numbers
organizations that seek funding in this arena. The Goodness Web estimates there are currently 10,000 nonprofit organizations that address mental health in the United States, which presents an overwhelming... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Apr 2014
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Transforming the lives of the needy across Pakistan
talented professionals across the world to help evaluate and support these interventions. Over the past 10 years, ADP has funded more than 50 promising nonprofits to transform hundreds of thousands of lives... View Details
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Elizabeth Washburn Archives | Social Enterprise
Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services Public Sector Public-Private... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 15
PublicationsBuilding Sustainable Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Commercial Microfinance Organizations Authors:Julie Battilana and Silvia Dorado Publication:Academy of Management Journal (forthcoming) Abstract We explore how new types... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
donations, it raises more funds per capita than any other nonprofit in the world — one out of two Singaporeans contributes to NKFS." In part because it is already so successful with its marketing and... View Details
- 27 Jan 2023
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Turning Up the Volume
When the executive director of Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America (LEDA) stepped down in June 2020, Ilana Goldman (MBA/MPA 2002) stepped up. As chair of the board and a political and nonprofit consultant, she saw it as her duty to fill the role until a... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon