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  • 08 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

What does fearmongering about immigration have to do with crowdfunding new ideas on Kickstarter? For Black, Asian, and Hispanic entrepreneurs, such rhetoric can undermine fundraising efforts, making it even less likely that new ideas will come to fruition, argues... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 24 Jul 2017
  • Research & Ideas

People Have an Irrational Need to Complete 'Sets' of Things

Credit:  Martin Barraud Here’s a tip for persuading people to finish more tasks, buy more products, or donate more money: Simply present assignments, requests, or items as arbitrary sets, rather than as individual units. New research reveals that people are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Connell House | About

leadership. The Connell family’s philanthropy has also had a significant impact on innovations in the MBA Program. About the Name William F. Connell (1938-2001) was a visionary business leader, known for his strategic skills, ethical... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2013
  • News

Dynamic Duo

of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Judy, a former Fidelity Investments executive, is leading a science education initiative for early teens at the Museum of Science and serves on the board of Rosie's Place. Their new Fund chair... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 14 Jun 2010
  • Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

Quantifying performance and measuring results are no longer the sole domain of for-profit enterprises. Today, many nonprofit organizations also find themselves on the hot seat—not with stockholders but with donors who expect similar levels of accountability to show how... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • March 2024
  • Case

Ava DuVernay's Array: Disrupting the Hollywood Film Industry

By: Anita Elberse and Morgan Brewton-Johnson
In February 2023 acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay is filming her latest movie, Origin, a daring adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. With Origin, DuVernay is pioneering a method to finance the endeavor—through a combination of... View Details
Keywords: Financing and Loans; Intellectual Property; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Disruption; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
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Elberse, Anita, and Morgan Brewton-Johnson. "Ava DuVernay's Array: Disrupting the Hollywood Film Industry." Harvard Business School Case 524-071, March 2024.
  • 22 Feb 2022
  • News

Breaking News

and investment—our aspiration is to build a pooled impact investment fund that we can use in all 50 states. To get there, we are assembling state funds for the places in which we’re working. The goal is to figure out the mix of return and impact. Can we bring in... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
  • 19 May 2021
  • Op-Ed

Why America Needs a Better Bridge Between School and Career

change among training organizations, our research team at Harvard’s interdisciplinary Project on Workforce analyzed 316 applications to the Postsecondary Innovation for Equity initiative. The grant competition, launched by venture View Details
Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller and Rachel Lipson
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Wyss House | About

doctoral student fellowships and stipends, field research, course development, teaching-skills training, awards for outstanding scholarship, and renovation of the doctoral facilities. Wyss believes philanthropy should “bring change and... View Details
  • 25 Jun 2007
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker

local, national, and international scales, campaigning for the fair treatment of black soldiers, the decolonization of Africa, and an end to black oppression in the South." She founded a benevolent association or philanthropy club... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Beauty & Cosmetics
  • 23 May 2018
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Abigail P. Johnson, MBA 1988

population than in prior generations. Our workforce needs to reflect that,” says Johnson, who quietly directs her personal and corporate philanthropy to cultural, educational, and youth enrichment programs in the Boston area as well as in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • July 2013 (Revised May 2024)
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BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time

By: Srikant Datar and Saloni Chaturvedi
Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang Sahayata Samiti (BMVSS) is an Indian not-for-profit organization engaged in assisting differently-abled persons by providing them with the legendary low-cost prosthesis, the Jaipur Foot, and other mobility-assisting devices, free of cost. Known... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Financial Condition; Health Care and Treatment; Diversity; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Growth and Development Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; India; Asia
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Datar, Srikant, and Saloni Chaturvedi. "BMVSS: Changing Lives, One Jaipur Limb at a Time." Harvard Business School Case 114-007, July 2013. (Revised May 2024.)
  • 11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

that arbitrarily assigns that value.” He’s well on his way to realizing that obligation, although the culture of private philanthropy is less developed in Asian cultures. To help shift that mindset, Kim launched the MBK Scholarship... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
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McCollum Center | About

“The self interest in business is best served when the public interest is paramount.” His own philanthropy included extensive involvement in health-related organizations. He served for 14 years as chairman of the Baylor College of... View Details
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Cold Call Podcast

Sustaining a Legacy of Giving in Turkey

Keywords: Re: Christina R. Wing
  • January 2013
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Omidyar Network: Pioneering Impact Investment

By: Michael Chu and Lauren Barley
Omidyar Network, having deployed to date over $500 million in ways ranging from donations to commercial equity capital, must decide whether to back Anudip, an Indian organization dedicated to providing the rural unemployed and marginalized with livelihoods linked to... View Details
Keywords: Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; India
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Chu, Michael, and Lauren Barley. "Omidyar Network: Pioneering Impact Investment." Harvard Business School Case 313-090, January 2013.
  • March 2018
  • Case

GiveDirectly

By: John Beshears, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang and Brian J. Hall
How should nonprofits design compensation systems to attract and retain talent? GiveDirectly is a respected charitable organization with an unconventional approach. Instead of spending on traditional aid programs in areas such as health care and food access in... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofits; Charity; Effective Altruism; International Aid; Compensation; Goals; Bonuses; Incentives; GiveDirectly; Compensation and Benefits; Motivation and Incentives; Goals and Objectives; Recruitment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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Beshears, John, Joshua Schwartzstein, Tiffany Y. Chang, and Brian J. Hall. "GiveDirectly." Harvard Business School Case 918-036, March 2018.
  • 25 Apr 2023
  • Cold Call Podcast

Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

Keywords: Re: Srikant M. Datar; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies
  • October 2023 (Revised January 2025)
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Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving

By: Christina R. Wing, Zeshan Gondal and Brittany L. Logan
This case explores the work of Özyeğin Social Investments, founded by Hüsnü Özyeğin, one of Turkey's most successful entrepreneurs. With a focus on education, health, gender equality, rural development, and disaster relief in Turkey, Özyeğin Social Investments and the... View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family Business; Business Model; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Turkey
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Wing, Christina R., Zeshan Gondal, and Brittany L. Logan. "Ӧzyeğin Social Investments: A Legacy of Giving." Harvard Business School Case 624-054, October 2023. (Revised January 2025.)
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