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  • September 2021
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Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World

By: Marco Bertini, Elie Ofek and Julia Kelley
Founded in 2010, Worldreader was an international nonprofit organization that promoted reading to children around the world. For many years, Worldreader distributed e-readers to under-resourced communities and funded its operations primarily through philanthropic... View Details
Keywords: Subscription Model; Price; Financial Strategy; Education; Early Childhood Education; Learning; Geography; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Goals and Objectives; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Markets; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Social Issues; Strategy; Commercialization; Expansion; Segmentation; Education Industry; Africa; Asia; Latin America; Europe; North and Central America; South America
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Bertini, Marco, Elie Ofek, and Julia Kelley. "Worldreader: Helping Readers Build a Better World." Harvard Business School Case 522-003, September 2021.
  • 24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/617020-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 317-045 Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 May 2023
  • Research & Ideas

How Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Crushed Crowdfunding for Minority Entrepreneurs

but that gap triples during periods of high public anxiety over immigration in the United States. “When there is the greatest anxiety, we see this funding shortfall.” Banks have historically rejected loan applications from Black, Asian,... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

products around the world. Madam Walker was active in the social and political causes of her day, and used her position as a successful entrepreneur to promote philanthropy and self-advancement in the African-American community. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

Both impact investing and traditional philanthropy are on the rise after the decade-long economic boom following the Great Recession. But when does an impact investment make a bigger difference than a grant? The question is far more... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne

    Deborah M. Winshel

    Deborah Winshel is a Senior Lecturer in the General Management Unit of Harvard Business School.  She teaches several MBA required courses: Leadership and Organizational Behavior (LEAD), Leadership and Corporate Accountability and the Field Immersion course (2025 in... View Details

      Brian L. Trelstad

       

      Brian Trelstad is a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School in the General Management Unit and the Faculty Chair of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. He teaches elective courses on Social Entrepreneurship and Systems... View Details

      Keywords: education industry; health care; service industry; emerging market private equity; private equity (other); venture capital industry
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      Katie Laidlaw

      hope to one day be the leader of a large, nonprofit funding agency that addresses social inequity and supports social enterprise. Upon graduation, my career vision still holds true. At HBS, I gained tactical skills and valuable... View Details
      Keywords: Consulting
      • November 2023 (Revised May 2024)
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      Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts

      By: Rohit Deshpandé and Alexis Lefort
      Kickstarter was a virtual crowdfunding platform and community that allowed creators of all kinds to raise funding for creative projects. The executive team was wrestling with a tension in its business model: the organization earned the majority of its revenue from... View Details
      Keywords: Fundraising; Mission; Crowdfunding; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Arts; Web Services Industry; United States
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      Deshpandé, Rohit, and Alexis Lefort. "Kickstarter: Crowdfunding for the Arts." Harvard Business School Case 524-016, November 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
      • May 2010 (Revised January 2012)
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      The Robin Hood Foundation

      By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Cathy Ross
      Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial crisis continues to impact the poor disproportionately, the Foundation needs to ensure that its funds are being... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Poverty; Organizational Design; Performance Effectiveness; Financial Crisis; Programs; Measurement and Metrics
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      Ebrahim, Alnoor, and Cathy Ross. "The Robin Hood Foundation." Harvard Business School Case 310-031, May 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
      • March 2002 (Revised August 2006)
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      September 11th Fund, The: The Creation

      By: Jane Wei-Skillern
      Describes the entrepreneurial process through which the September 11th Fund was created, developed, and operated, focusing primarily on the furst seven weeks of the fund. This case details the genesis of the fund as a partnership between the United Way of New York City... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
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      Wei-Skillern, Jane. "September 11th Fund, The: The Creation." Harvard Business School Case 302-083, March 2002. (Revised August 2006.)
      • 2008
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      The Future of Social Enterprise

      By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Herman B. Leonard and Susan McDonald

      The Future of Social Enterprise considers the confluence of forces that is shaping the field of social enterprise, changing the way that funders, practitioners, scholars, and organizations measure performance. We trace a growing pool of potential funding sources to... View Details

      Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Performance Effectiveness; Social Enterprise; Consolidation; Value
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      Rangan, V. Kasturi, Herman B. Leonard, and Susan McDonald. "The Future of Social Enterprise." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-103, June 2008.
      • 21 Apr 2011
      • Research & Ideas

      Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

      In order to garner the capital necessary to foot the bill for social change, nonprofits need to think less about traditional grants and more in terms of innovation--and so do the organizations that fund them. This was a key message from... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
      • July 2011
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      Edna McConnell Clark Foundation-Enabling a Performance Driven Philanthropic Capital Market

      By: Allen Grossman and Aldo Sesia
      The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, focused on building the organizational capabilities of nonprofits that served the disadvantaged youth in the United States, has recently been named an intermediary in the federal government's new social innovation fund (SIF), which... View Details
      Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Financial Strategy; Performance Improvement; Capital Markets; United States
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      Grossman, Allen, and Aldo Sesia. "Edna McConnell Clark Foundation-Enabling a Performance Driven Philanthropic Capital Market." Harvard Business School Case 312-006, July 2011.
      • December 2008 (Revised October 2009)
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      Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

      By: David E. Bell and Brian Matthew Milder
      In 2006, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation joined together to form a new organization, AGRA, to tackle the historic challenge of increasing agricultural production in Africa. Launched with much fanfare and led by former U.N.... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment Funds; Food; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Business and Government Relations; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Africa
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      Bell, David E., and Brian Matthew Milder. "Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)." Harvard Business School Case 509-007, December 2008. (Revised October 2009.)
      • September 2009 (Revised May 2011)
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      Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)

      By: Alnoor Ebrahim and V. Kasturi Rangan
      Acumen Fund is a global venture capital firm with a dual purpose: it looks for a return on its investments, and it also seeks entrepreneurial solutions to global poverty. This case examines Acumen's new projects in Kenya. The organization's investment committee and its... View Details
      Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Social Enterprise; Financial Services Industry; Kenya
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      Ebrahim, Alnoor, and V. Kasturi Rangan. "Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (A)." Harvard Business School Case 310-011, September 2009. (Revised May 2011.)
      • Spring 2024
      • Article

      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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      Khanna, Tarun. "One Aspirational Future for India’s Higher Education Sector." Special Issue on Advances & Challenges in International Higher Education edited by Wendy Fischman, Howard Gardner & William C. Kirby. Daedalus 153, no. 2 (Spring 2024): 149–166.

        Luis M. Viceira

        Luis M. Viceira is the George E. Bates Professor in the Finance Unit  and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research, course development, and teaching focus on the areas of investment management... View Details

        Keywords: banking; education industry; financial services; nonprofit industry; retail financial services
        • January 2005
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        Launching the Bronx Lab School

        By: Stacey M. Childress
        Examines the start-up process of a new, small high school inside the New York City public school system, with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Covers the entrepreneurial process, the specific performance challenges in public high schools in the... View Details
        Keywords: Secondary Education; Social Entrepreneurship; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Education Industry
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        Childress, Stacey M. "Launching the Bronx Lab School." Harvard Business School Case 805-093, January 2005.
        • 04 Dec 2012
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        First Look: December 4

        Lerner, Morten Sorensen, and Per Strömberg Publication:Journal of Finance (forthcoming) Abstract A long-standing controversy is whether LBOs relieve managers from short-term pressures of dispersed shareholders, or whether LBO funds... View Details
        Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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