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  • December 2007
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Akshaya Patra: Feeding India's Schoolchildren

By: David M. Upton, Christine Ellis, Sarah Lucas and Amy Yamner
Describes a highly successful effort by an Indian Charity to feed poor schoolchildren at lunchtime. This provides two significant benefits. It improves nutrition for the children, and helps keep them in school since the provided meal is occasionally the only meal they... View Details
Keywords: Food; Service Operations; Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Food and Beverage Industry; India
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  • September 2007
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Still Leading (B8): Paul Newman—Newman's Own Script

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Lance P. Pierce
Well known actor Paul Newman started a business to give profits to charity. Summarizes his experience in making the transition from one kind of leadership to another. View Details
Keywords: Transition; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Social Entrepreneurship; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 01 Mar 2008
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Good Luck Charm

corporate giving in the city,” New York’s cultural affairs commissioner Kate Levin told the New York Times (November 12, 2007). Time Warner believes that such philanthropy can help build audiences and spur creative innovation, all of... View Details
Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 01 Dec 2003
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DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

Ilana L. Goldman (MBA ’02) always knew that she wanted to work in the public sector. But she didn’t expect to find herself back on the HBS campus just eighteen months after graduation talking about her new job. Goldman is vice president of DonorsChoose, a New York City... View Details
Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services
  • 24 Apr 2014
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From venture capitalist to 'compassionate capitalist'

co-creator of the concept. Born in Egypt and now living in England, Cohen became interested in social capital and philanthropy in 2000 when he led the UK Treasury’s Social Investment Task Force. He subsequently was involved in a variety... View Details
  • 09 Feb 2015
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Remembering John Whitehead (MBA 1947)

Leadership Making A Difference – HBS Alumni A Social Enterprise Visionary Making A Difference – HBS Alumni The Future of Social Enterprise and the Role of Individual Philanthropy HBS Global Business Summit -- Video Entrepreneurs: John... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2018
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For the Greater Good

John A. Paulson (MBA 1980) is president of the investment firm Paulson & Co. and a 2018 recipient of the HBS Alumni Achievement Award. In this video he offers his views on the nature and role of philanthropy as a means to have a positive... View Details
Keywords: Finance
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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Education Leaders Together: Accelerating Opportunities for America's Students. 2012 Two new MBA FIELD courses introduced: Social Impact Investing and Social Innovation Lab. 2011 HBS-led Forum on Social Impact Investing builds upon its prior research on venture View Details
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Excusing Selfishness in Charitable Giving: The Role of Risk

By: Christine L. Exley
Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common finding is that potential donors give less when there is greater risk that their donation will have less impact. While this behavior could be fully rationalized by standard economic... View Details
Keywords: Charitable Giving; Prosocial Behavior; Altruism; Risk Preferences; Risk and Uncertainty; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Behavior
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  • September 2001
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Charitableway

By: James E. Austin and Elizabeth Kind
In early 2001, Charitableway, an ePhilanthropy application service provider that enabled the collection of charitable donations online; faced major strategic decisions relating to its alliance with United Way of America to foster workplace giving online. One of the... View Details
Keywords: Internet and the Web; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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The Heinz Endowments: Bringing the Arts to Life

By: Gerald Zaltman
Keywords: Arts; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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  • 2013
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Prosocial Spending and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Evidence for a Psychological Universal

By: Lara B. Aknin, Christopher P. Barrington-Leigh, Elizabeth W. Dunn, John F. Helliwell, Justine Burns, Robert Biswas-Diener, Imelda Kemeza, Paul Nyende, Claire Ashton-James and Michael I. Norton
This research provides the first support for a possible psychological universal: Human beings around the world derive emotional benefits from using their financial resources to help others (prosocial spending). In Study 1, survey data from 136 countries were examined... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Spending; Psychological Universal; Prosocial Behavior; Well-being; Happiness; Spending; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Canada; Uganda; South Africa; India
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  • November 2006
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Utilizing List Exchange and Undirected Good Samaritan Donation through 'Chain' Paired Kidney Exchanges

By: Alvin E Roth, Tayfun Sonmez, M. Utku Unver, Francis L. Delmonico and Susan L. Saidman
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Health Care and Treatment
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  • 02 Dec 2018
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Fostering Great Leadership

philanthropy toward causes with social investment returns, including fostering leadership. “The world needs great leaders—people who recognize that complex problems don’t have two-sentence solutions,” he explains. “And HBS trains leaders... View Details
  • 22 Sep 2015
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Investing in Scalable Impact on K-12 Education

their broader educational philanthropy goals to improve learning outcomes and also increase access to quality education. What we are looking to do is support entrepreneurs and invest in companies that we think can make a very scalable... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2012
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Kaplan Named Senior Associate Dean

Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm. He is the author of several case studies, articles, and the book What to Ask the Person in the Mirror: Critical Questions for Becoming a More Effective Leader and Reaching Your... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services
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HBS Magazine - Alumni

Career-Retirement Psychology-Behavior Career-Career Changes After Ozempic How a game-changing drug is reshaping Novo Nordisk, disrupting the pharma industry, and setting up a once-in-a-generation windfall for philanthropy View Story... View Details
  • 22 Mar 2016
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Bill (MBA 1966) and Penny George

says George, a recognized expert on leadership who has written four bestselling books on the topic. The Georges’ philanthropy has focused on promoting leaders who give back to society. Not surprisingly, the School’s mission resonates with... View Details
  • 29 May 2019
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Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

through philanthropy will open up new opportunities for your career.” Bloomberg also advised graduates not to undervalue their labor force (should they end up in an executive position) and to never self-deal. “Your reputation is... View Details
  • Spring 2024
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One Aspirational Future for India’s Higher Education Sector

By: Tarun Khanna
Several recent encouraging experiments in Indian higher education suggest a plausible aspirational path toward a more salubrious future than that suggested by an otherwise struggling system. Four case studies of privately conceived and funded universities each exhibit... View Details
Keywords: Higher Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; India
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