Organ Donation - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2016
News

Connecting Past and Present

eastern European country. Funded exclusively by donations and with an army of volunteers, the online database can help find family ancestry dating back more than 200 years. It is also a critical resource in connecting people with... View Details

01 Feb 2001
News

Happy Campers: HBS Student Auction Helps Local Kids

At a "Christmas in July" auction held last summer, the January Cohort of the Class of 2001 raised just over $15,000 to benefit the Cambridge Camping Association (CCA), a 106-year-old organization dedicated to helping low-income, minority,... View Details

Keywords: Cambridge Camping Association; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Connecting With Nonprofits

and cause-related marketing. This excerpt focuses on the collaborative stages.Collaborations between businesses and nonprofit organizations are becoming more prevalent, important, and complicated. Marketing plays an increasingly... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

09 Apr 2019
News

Finding a Fix for Food Allergies

included a commitment to put 90 percent of donations toward research that will accelerate discoveries. “We built an organization we would want to invest in ourselves. We cover overhead so donors aren’t... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Dec 2016
News

Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?

(Illustration by Edmon de Haro) (Illustration by Edmon de Haro) When Michael Faye (PhDBE 2009) and his cofounders—including Harvard grad students Paul Niehaus and Rohit Wanchoo—first proposed the model for GiveDirectly in 2008, it was radical: The nonprofit would... View Details

Keywords: April White

22 Jun 2023
News

Book Smart

these children to have the same opportunity. Risher had been an executive at Amazon and Microsoft, so he certainly knew plenty about tech and business. He also had connections, such as Steve Kessel, longtime head of Kindle, who heard the story of the abandoned library... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Reaching New Heights

nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built 287 schools, View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work

impacting the lives of more than eighty middle-school students each year. The HBS Club of Austin organized a Centennial Global Outreach dinner last fall featuring a presentation by HBS professor Bill Sahlman. The club was able to View Details

Keywords: alumni clubs; Centennial; Educational Services

30 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Entering the Age of Alliances

positively by Visa cardholders became the basis for a cause-related marketing collaboration in which Visa donates to RIF a percentage of charges during certain periods when the reading program is promoted. Another unexpected fit is that... View Details

Keywords: by James Austin

10 Nov 2011
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again

constituent organizations included: A focus on fundraising. The Lincoln Center Corporate Fund raises money for the whole Lincoln campus. Corporate donations go directly to Lincoln Center constituents, and... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2007
News

Mission Possible

tap the best minds in genetic research. Fresh out of HBS, Cindy Ko (MBA ’05) joined a nonprofit economic-development organization dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging markets. Although their missions are different, these... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

13 Oct 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

knew were coming to us wanting to know how they could offer support, where they should donate, and how to make an impact, and we were wondering that ourselves,” said Kenneth. “To provide one answer, we decided to start a GoFundMe page that would distribute funds to... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

The 'multiplier effect' of supporting education

André Jakurski (MBA 1973), founding partner/managing director of JGP Asset Management, and his wife, Maria, generously support various organizations that provide direct services in Rio de Janiero as well as educational institutions,... View Details

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

million people—to make donations to efforts to organizations like Turkey’s AFAD (Disaster and Emergency Management Authority), Red Crescent of Kazakhstan, and the National Volunteer Network. “Kaspi.kz’s... View Details

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

entrepreneurial program procured donations that the academic-housed program often did not attract. Specimen recipients' distinct demands partly explain these procurement behaviors. Thus, organizational efforts to meet demands seem to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

donations or grants, hybrid organizations generate their own commercial revenues that sustain their pursuit of a social mission. While hybrid models can enhance financial sustainability, they also pose new... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Jun 2003
News

Respond to a Worthy Cause

CD will be donated to help end domestic violence. Respond II features 32 female artists, half of whom were nominated for Grammy Awards and all of whom donated their work to the project. It came together with... View Details

Keywords: Michael Watkins; Arts, Entertainment

01 Sep 2004
News

Richard J. Stillman (MBA 1940)

assignments relating to organization and training, and eventually assumed command of the 20th Infantry Regiment. In 1965, I retired from the military and became a professor of management and business at Ohio University. Two years later, I... View Details

18 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

have built national or global organizations that have achieved social impact. This focus on success stories has led to a skewed view of social entrepreneurship as nothing more or less than a field of huge, realized dreams. “A big weakness... View Details