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- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2133004 Don't Take 'No' for an Answer: An Experiment with Actual Organ Donor Registrations By: Kessler, Judd B., and Alvin E. Roth Abstract—Over 10,000 people in the U.S. die each year while waiting for an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 May 2010
- First Look
First Look: May 4
and Why? Authors:Stephen Leider and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Journal of Transplantation 10 (May 2010): 1221-1227 Abstract The shortage of transplant kidneys has spurred debate about legalizing monetary payments to donors to increase the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
HBS - Financials | From the CFO
and reunion classes. The School budgets the use of endowment distributions to support operations based on the intentions of the donors and the terms of individual gifts. While the endowment is the School's largest financial asset, HBS is... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508102 The Energy Foundation Harvard Business School Case 308-078 The Energy Foundation, a philanthropic foundation established through a partnership among major donors with a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
an organization creates significant social value, we don’t care how it sustains itself — with internally generated surplus or with donor funds. Americans give roughly $300 billion a year to nonprofits, yet we really don’t know much about... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
events will take place. "At the Smithsonian," Segerlind continues, "I managed a large staff and a multimillion-dollar budget and had frequent contact with donors and supporters. This is a totally different kind of job for me, in which I... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
at HBS that attracted nearly 300 individual donors in addition to a number of companies and other organizations. “I knew the measure of whether I’d lived up to the chair wouldn’t be how many books I wrote or my scholarly reputation,” says... View Details
- 08 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 8
and an online community to create solutions for social issues. Emphasis is placed on comparing the IDEO and OpenlDEO processes using real-world project examples. For IDEO this includes the redesign of Air New Zealand's long haul flights. For OpenIDEO this includes... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 25 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 25
Allocation for Kidney Transplantation Authors:Dimitris Bertsimas, Vivek F. Farias, and Nikolaos Trichakis Abstract We propose a scalable, data-driven method for designing national policies for the allocation of deceased donor kidneys to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 31, 2006
This paper examines accountability processes in a nonprofit organization serving immigrants and refugees, with special attention to their impacts on mission-based activities. The research finds that upward accountability requirements of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
intellectual content." A Balancing Act Carter Brown, who now chairs the cable television arts network Ovation and sits on the boards of some twenty nonprofit, public, and private institutions, observes, "You always have to be careful in View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
serve school districts, teachers and students. “I am vetting for the best partner organizations and collective impact models to support additional school districts throughout Maryland. In addition, I've established a Climate Literacy Endowment Fund so that other View Details
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
“Essentially it’s a database match. We have a database of martial arts instructors who meet our standards; a list of gyms that often have open slots for more students; a list of kids who can benefit from participating, provided by Atlanta youth organizations; and a... View Details
- 11 May 2017
- News
Going with the Flow
cord and placenta. Next, the company made history by providing the first cord-blood stem cell transplant in treating sickle cell anemia. Today, more than 30,000 children have been transplanted with cord blood from units, privately from family members and publicly from... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
government and individual donors may have different priorities and demands, and soon a nonprofit trying to please too many (including the general public) pleases no one—least of all those constituents they were hoping to help.... View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024
endowment; and cash transfers made by HBS to the endowment reserve. Use of the endowment distribution is intended to support the School’s operations in a manner consistent with the intentions of donors and the terms of each gift. The... View Details
- 11 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 11
the exceptions—scale to national size. Schumpeter's cycle apparently does not operate in the social sector. This paper proposes that the disparity arises from the nonprofit sector's historically immature infrastructure and poor mechanisms for channeling funds from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
it an accurate picture of its situation and impacts, and 2) generating rapid growth. Students learn how non-financial metrics are integral to Opportunity International's mission but are difficult to define and measure; tailored metrics are necessary for demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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From the Chief Financial Officer | Annual Report 2024
operations in a manner consistent with the intentions of donors and the terms of each gift. Harvard Endowment Returns FY24 9.6% FY23 2.9% FY22 -1.8% FY21 33.6% FY20 7.3% FY19 6.5% FY18 10.0% FY17 8.1% FY16 -2.0% FY15 5.8% The generosity... View Details