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- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
topic. “I didn’t feel like I had developed that muscle of saying ‘yes’ enough,” he explains by phone from Acumen’s New York office. “One of the things I learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and that no matter how smart or analytical a View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 20 Nov 2019
- News
Lifting Fallen Families
percent of the population serves.” So the Children of Fallen Patriots began to show the public how to support military families and the children who are left behind when parents are killed in combat, in training, or by suicide after war experiences. “When you show... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Giving Advice
philanthropic structures Foundations, DAFs, and other vehicles are most often, in my experience, “pass through” entities wherein the donor uses the benefits of tax planning and simplicity of donation to give the money and then, over the... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Transferring Skills From The Military to the Private Sector
Sharyn and Matt Eby Fellowship at HBS, she says, allowed her “the freedom to come to HBS rather than attend a school based solely on cost.” Meeting donor Matt Eby (MBA 2002) at the HBS fellowship dinner was a very powerful experience. “He... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
involved with the ultimate suppliers. It’s a market suited to intermediaries such as brokers, lawyers, and agents,” she observed. The emphasis in egg and sperm donor profiles on intelligence and physical attributes also raises the specter... View Details
- 15 Jan 2020
- News
The Business of Access
the donor has been touched—a family member receiving specific services from nonprofits, for example—and they have a sense of empathy and compassion,” she says. “I am able to get to that quickly, tap their charitable senses, and then ask... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Professorship Brings Brierley's HBS Connection Full Circle
Management. The company soon became one of the nation's foremost database marketing companies, helping hundreds of America's leading membership organizations and nonprofit groups with their fundraising and record-keeping efforts. "In helping charities strengthen their... View Details
- 01 Jan 2012
- News
Franklin P. “Pitch” Johnson Jr., MBA 1952
hard times after the dot-com meltdown in 2001, for example, Johnson—then chairman of the board—gave an inspiring pep talk. “We will not let this organization fail,” he told the directors and the staff, encouraging them not to give up on what looked like a dire... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Record Gift to HBS from India’s Tata Group
a gift of $50 million from the Tata Companies, the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, and the Tata Education and Development Trust, philanthropic entities of India’s Tata Group. The gift, the largest from an international donor in the School’s... View Details
Keywords: Tata Hall
- 12 Dec 2013
- News
$10M Gift Designed to Support GSD’s Intellectual Reach
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Tata Open for Business
The architects employed open spaces and glass walls in an effort to give Tata Hall a visually light and airy feel. Ratan Tata (second from left) at his namesake building with Dean Nohria, William Rawn, and C.D. Spangler. Photos by Susan Young In 2007, as Dean Jay Light... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
scholarships, supported by committed donors and foundation grants. EARTH is a private, nonprofit school that offers a four-year undergraduate degree in agricultural sciences and natural resources management and a master’s degree in... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
were hosting programs and networking events for their members, and fundraisers were traveling to meet with donors as the end of the fiscal year approached. Then everything stopped. Just like our colleagues on the MBA and Executive... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
nutrition, and wellness offerings that target endemic problems such as asthma and obesity. All programs are offered at no cost to families in HCZ’s service zone. Funding comes from a combination of public and private sources: one-third in public dollars and two-thirds... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Advancing the Vision for HBS
other initiatives ensure that the School remains the standard for excellence in management education worldwide. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of thousands of donors and the work of a dedicated corps of alumni volunteers, we are... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
he says. The program provides everything participants might need, from food, housing, clothing, horses, and saddles, right down to the spurs. Donors fund the majority of the operation, but Bear Hug also runs its own cattle outfit of up to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Family Matters
ATTAINABLE READ MORE STORIES HBS established the Forward Fellowship in 2018 with the support of John C. Phelan (MBA 1990) to ensure that students such as Thompson-Woode could access the MBA Program. Donors who choose to support... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
directly to NGOs that have been authorized to supply equipment and supplies to hospitals and COVID care centers in India. By May 12, GiveIndia’s web page was showing a tally of 1,550 donors from 30 different university groups, raising... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
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Life Preserver
Ossium Health, the world's first bone marrow bank from deceased organ donors with the goal of providing better transplant options to patients with diseases such as sickle cell, leukemia, and lymphoma; and Sylvatica Biotech, which develops... View Details
Keywords: April White