Fundraising - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Apr 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

fundraising efforts). Today, the foundation remains focused on education and awareness—it’s “an old message but it’s still the right message,” Smyth concludes. The organization has also expanded into patient support and research, becoming... View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

The Growth of the Social Enterprise

local organizations, affiliates may have better success fundraising and mobilizing resources locally, and the fundraising responsibility may be more efficiently allocated between the central office and local... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

01 Sep 2024
News

Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

HBS Fund Chairs Reflect on the Past Five Years

graduates, international alumni, and the HBS Fund Investors Society. We ask our peers to join us in making leadership gifts to the HBS Fund and introduced a new fundraising volunteer role—Investors Society class agents—that focuses on... View Details

30 Apr 2018
Blog Post

HBS Grad Drives Lori Systems to Success

support." In fact, notes Josh, "Much of the initial pre-seed fundraising came through the HBS network. The customer base? A lot of it through HBS referrals. And we have two other HBS alumni on the management team. We'd be... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

October Reunions Break Records, Strengthen Ties

year's Reunion classes broke fundraising records: the Class of 1956 reached the highest HBS total ever for a 40th Reunion, and the Class of 1971 contributed the largest 25th Reunion gift of any class in Harvard University history. "Those... View Details

Keywords: Mary Jane Higgins; photos by Brooks Kraft

01 Sep 2008
News

When You Speak, This Group Listens

cross-section of MBA, Executive Education, and Doctoral alumni. Before joining the board for three-year terms, each of us had volunteered in a variety of capacities, including serving in key roles in HBS clubs and associations, mentoring current students, planning... View Details

Keywords: Saquib Shirazi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2005
News

Dean Jay Light Takes Charge at HBS

school in terms of the development and commercialization of the life sciences.” As for an HBS fundraising milestone recently achieved, Light observed, “The campaign really has served to energize and engage alumni around the world. See... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

13 Jul 2020
News

Locally Grown

investing immediately, with the first check we received,” he says. The initial fundraising goal was $4 million; the fund has now raised $25 million. Aravaipa also had long-term vision. “This isn’t software,” Fenwick-Smith explains.... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Abby Falik

and appropriate technologies. HBS has been a part of the start-up at every step. “My classmates still form the core of my support base,” Abby says. “They’ve held fundraising events, organized volunteer chapters – and even helped interview... View Details

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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

fundraising activities, corporate outreach, and an emerging area, conservation finance, which includes growing sustainable revenue streams through mechanisms such as carbon offsets. Impact Much of my work at the United Way focused on... View Details

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Venture Capital and Private Equity - Course Catalog

to source for and screen investments Managing growth Evaluating a portfolio Pro-rata investing’s pros and cons Creating a new firm and fundraising for a first-time fund Compensation and control within a firm Succession Course Content... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Planting the Seeds of Positive Growth

fundraising for its future. If the farm can produce 30 tons of tomatoes per hectare at a cost of $124 per ton, Tomato Jos will be ready to expand its smallholder program and take the next step into tomato processing. And Mehta herself has... View Details

Keywords: April White; Crop Production; Agriculture

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

through user engagement, will develop approaches and services for employers, community leaders, and others to address user needs. “Malcolm brings BrightUp investing, economic mobility, policy, and fundraising experience,” said BrightUp... View Details

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

When Hayley Barna (MBA 2010) launched the beauty startup Birchbox in 2010, she expected fundraising would be a challenge. Every entrepreneur knows the long odds: By some estimates, less than 1 percent of new companies receive that coveted... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

Profile

Kwame Owusu-Kesse

senior year at Harvard, he had formed, with two classmates, a social network called "Triumph," which sponsored social events for young professionals and doubled as a fundraising platform for nonprofit causes. "I've always... View Details

24 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco

companies at various stages of their fundraising journey, including: Monica Varman (MBA Class of 2016) Partner at G2 Venture Partners Raj Kapoor (MBA Class of 1996) Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Climactic Adzmel Adznan (MBA Class of... View Details

01 Jun 2008
News

The Making of a School

humanities of life.” In 1924, a $5 million fundraising campaign began for the construction of a campus on a new site across the Charles River. LIFELINE: Heat and electricity traveled across the Charles River via pipes inside the newly... View Details

Keywords: George Bates MBA '25; Dean Wallace Donham; George F. Baker; Bishop William Lawrence; Lawrence Lowell; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

21 Oct 2020
News

Cold Calculations

group’s current challenge well from his own VC experience: “It’s time for us to put our foot on the accelerator and really scale up,” he says. The Arctic Ice Project recently hired a new executive director and is in the process of expanding its board. View Details