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- 18 May 2023
- News
Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes
Do, Wilfong's fundraising—through events like a children arts auction and a community 5K walk and run—allowed the nonprofit to make the same commitment to the 4th graders of the following year and each of the subsequent 5 years. By the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 30 May 2017
- News
At Home with History
historic interiors.” In 1993, Jenrette created the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT), a nonprofit that protects examples of 19th century American architecture, landscapes, trails, and decorative arts. Of the 12 historic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Jackie Adams
news. Now interested in “moving from success to significance,” Adams says, “I’m working in the nonprofit sector as a consultant to create wealth for minority communities as well as bring together companies and individuals to turn the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
prosperity and bring it closer to parity with its European neighbors. The nonprofit identifies challenges and opportunities, then brings together experts to draft actionable policy proposals to pitch to the government. The hope, Xydi... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, the company would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that would benefit economically from... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Leadership in Motion
Leadership in 2007. In the spring of 2016, Veron was elected a trustee of Scarsdale Village. Community involvement also planted the seeds for the Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit Veron cofounded in 2012 to encourage the growth of... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home
to serve as JSJ’s vice chairman of the board in addition to overseeing a family foundation fund and volunteering in community organizations. “I knew I wanted to come back to this area at some point,” she says. “One of my aims was to give back to the community where I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Scaling Peaks for Cancer Research
fundraising for the expedition’s nonprofit charity. The team is making plans for a marketing and media blitz to raise awareness of their efforts before the first climb in late December. If all goes as planned, the climbers will conquer... View Details
- 25 Apr 2018
- News
Giving Minorities a Playbook for Corporate Success
John Rice (MBA 1992) founded Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a national nonprofit organization, to equip underrepresented minorities with the skills, coaching, and relationships they need to become high-impact leaders in... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959
decades in the investment world, service on nonprofit boards and think tanks, and management of the financial turnaround of both Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention a midlife decision to study the... View Details
- 11 Mar 2019
- News
Enabling Big Thinking
later launched Dealogic, a financial services software firm. Their success in business enabled Peter to set up the Ogden Trust in 1998, a nonprofit that initially provided funding for talented students to pursue higher education and that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Recognizing the Value Proposition
the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, a nonprofit that takes a venture capital approach to finding a cure for the disease, with which his wife, Allison, was diagnosed in her late 50s. Emphasizing the parallels between venture investing and... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- News
The Seeds of Learning
that Harvard opened my eyes to the opportunities in which I could place my unique abilities in order to make a difference. “Gardeneers is a nonprofit organization that does school garden programs for students. We work with about 1,000... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Sign of the Times: General Management Course Evolves
who create, shape, adapt, and manage enterprises of all descriptions -- whether small or large, new or established, nonprofit or for-profit. In keeping with previous general management courses, EM will help students integrate skills and... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
HBSi Combines HBS Content with State-of-the-Art Technology
Building on its commitment to delivering innovative custom education programs to corporations around the world, last November the School launched HBS Interactive (HBSi). The wholly owned nonprofit organization will pursue an expanded... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
Clubs News Clubs News Since its launch in 1986, the HBS Association of Northern California’s Community Partners (HBSCP) program has deployed the expertise of more than 1,000 alumni volunteers to enhance the impacts of hundreds of Bay Area View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Jan 2019
- News
Working to Improve the End of Life
Laurie Leonard (MBA 1977) is executive director of End of Life Choices New York, a nonprofit advocacy, counseling, and educational organization. In the following interview, she discusses the group’s mission and her reasons for serving.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others
community development movement that provides all low-income people with affordable housing and the opportunity to move into the economic mainstream. Working through a network of more than twelve hundred community-based nonprofit... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
The Rites of Autumn
records. The Class of 1960, for example, raised $3 million in honor of its 40th Reunion, while those celebrating their 30th Reunion, the Class of 1970, had raised close to $5.4 million. Professor F. Warren McFarlan led a discussion on social enterprise in the... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
podium at HBS on November 9 during the Springboard: New England 2001 venture capital forum to pitch their businesses to some 200 investors in the audience. Organized by the Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit Springboard Enterprises and... View Details