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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Is Cash the Best Form of Charity?
costs the organization 9 to 15 cents per dollar to identify and enroll recipients, execute the transfers, follow up, and conduct other administrative work. Mark Lampert (MBA 1988) was an early investor in GiveDirectly, which received the 2010 Unorthodox View Details
Keywords: April White
Ben Cohen
Cohen with his partner, Jerry Greenfield, created a business that was known as much for its socially conscious employment and philanthropy policies as for its high quality, unique ice cream flavors. During his tenure as CEO, Cohen ensured... View Details
Keywords: Food & Tobacco
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurs
Martignetti, who is a mentor in HBS’s Rock Accelerator program. Philanthropy and community service are priorities for Martignetti. He is an active volunteer in Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts Bay and a volunteer mentor for... View Details
- 25 Aug 2016
- News
Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative
File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer File photo by Jon Chase - Harvard Staff Photographer Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University have announced the launch of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 14 Sep 2015
- News
Helping Investors Have an Impact
getting people to cross-connect and cross-pollinate our ideas. It enables philanthropic funders, whether they are philanthropists giving money or they are institutional investors who want to actually deploy their assets via venture View Details
- 03 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Ominous Background Music Is Bad for Sharks
Sharks have been stigmatized on screen for decades, from the 1975 movie Jaws, in which a gigantic great white shark terrorizes a resort island off the coast of Massachusetts, to the 2013 movie Sharknado, in which the eponymous spout of shark-infested seawater... View Details
- January 10, 2022
- Article
The Link Between Income, Income Inequality, and Prosocial Behavior Around the World: A Multiverse Approach
By: Lucia Macchia and Ashley V. Whillans
The questions of whether high-income individuals are more prosocial than low-income individuals and whether income inequality moderates this effect have received extensive attention. We shed new light on this topic by analyzing a large-scale dataset with a... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Income Inequality; Behavior; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Income
Macchia, Lucia, and Ashley V. Whillans. "The Link Between Income, Income Inequality, and Prosocial Behavior Around the World: A Multiverse Approach." Social Psychology (January 10, 2022): 375–386.
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
initiatives such as field learning, the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem, HBX, and joint degree programs with other Harvard schools,” says Melnick. Philanthropy is essential to the School’s financial health, providing the security and... View Details
- Web
William H. Draper, III | Baker Library
Europe and Asia; a year later, he cofounded Draper Richards L.P. to bring attention to domestic technology companies. He is also a cofounder of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a venture philanthropy group focused on early-stage,... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
William K. Bowes Jr., MBA 1952
building companies such as Sun Microsystems, Callaway Golf, and Ross Stores. Bowes also played a key role at Amgen, serving as the first chairman and treasurer of what has become the world’s largest biotech company. Venture philanthropy... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
Rangan Illustration by Randy Glass Professor Kash Rangan is one of the pioneers of the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, now fifteen years old. Back in 1993, most people took a “spray and pray” approach to philanthropy — writing... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
change,” he summarizes.) Charged with overseeing a $100 million capital fund drive, Dichter wanted to explore the impulses behind people’s giving—or not giving. He wanted to dig deeper into what he saw as a conflict between the dominant, purely analytical approach to... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- October 2000
- Case
New Schools Venture Fund
By: Jeffrey L. Bradach and Nicole Tempest
A new approach to philanthropy, led by venture capitalists and the "new wealth" has emerged in the last two years. They are applying the same accountability criteria from results as they would with their investment portfolio. View Details
Bradach, Jeffrey L., and Nicole Tempest. "New Schools Venture Fund." Harvard Business School Case 301-038, October 2000.
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
A Community Investment
Our class has lived and worked in a prolonged period of unprecedented economic growth, resulting in great wealth for our nation and opportunities for individual prosperity. Our gift affords us a modest, yet critical role in providing stewardship skills and an... View Details
- Article
Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations
By: Lalin Anik, Michael I. Norton and Dan Ariely
We propose a new means by which non-profits can induce donors to give today and commit to giving in the future: contingent match incentives, in which matching is made contingent on the percentage of others who give (e.g., "if X% of others give, we will match all... View Details
Keywords: Matching Donations; Social Proof; Prosocial Behavior; Charitable Giving; Plausibility; Motivation and Incentives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Anik, Lalin, Michael I. Norton, and Dan Ariely. "Contingent Match Incentives Increase Donations." Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) 51, no. 6 (December 2014): 790–801.
- 2013
- Article
Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending
By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom and Michael I. Norton
When are the emotional benefits of generous behavior most likely to emerge? In three studies, we demonstrate that the hedonic benefits of generous spending are most likely when spending promotes positive social connection. Study 1 shows that people feel happier after... View Details
Keywords: Money; Prosocial Spending; Social Connection; Well-being; Donations; Charitable Giving; Warm Glow; Social Relationships; Gift Giving; Happiness; Relationships; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society
Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, Gillian M. Sandstrom, and Michael I. Norton. "Does Social Connection Turn Good Deeds into Good Feelings? On the Value of Putting the 'Social' in Prosocial Spending." International Journal of Happiness and Development 1, no. 2 (2013): 155–171.
- 2010
- Chapter
New Sources in Living Kidney Donation
By: Ruthanne L. Hanto, Alvin E. Roth, M. Utku Ünver and Francis L. Delmonico
Hanto, Ruthanne L., Alvin E. Roth, M. Utku Ünver, and Francis L. Delmonico. "New Sources in Living Kidney Donation." Chap. 8 in Kidney Transplantation: A Guide to the Care of Transplant Recipients, edited by D. McKay and S. Steinberg, pp. 103–17. Springer Science + Business Media, 2010.
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
amount of philanthropy comes in the fourth quarter. Cutting costs while maintaining program quality, holding virtual events, and reaching out to consistent and loyal donors and asking them to contribute earlier in the year (sensitive to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 18 Sep 2000
- Research & Ideas
Getting It Done: Improving Nonprofit Performance
number of for-profits that are focusing on problems in areas such as education and welfare-to-work? According to Bloomberg Senior Lecturer in Philanthropy Allen Grossman, the answers to these kinds of questions must take into... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
- 12 Sep 2017
- Working Paper Summaries