Nonprofit Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

about them. But after they have been in an organization for a period of time, things are significantly better," observes Badaracco. "Now, are these mere managers because we can't compare them with Martin Luther King? Or are they leaders... View Details

Keywords: Management

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

In a remote village in the Mexican state of Chiapas, 13 women gather in an open-air community space. Each has arrived at their weekly meeting with a small deposit for El Banco—“the bank”—as the women have named the savings club they’ve formed with the assistance of... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading others. As your... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

Elizabeth Ames (MBA 1985/MPA 1997), whose nonprofit, Heal Ukraine Trauma, is working to provide mental health care services to Ukrainians. Since its launch just three months into the war, the organization has partnered with psychologists... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

and motivating others. She recruited her brothers to tutor students, her Princeton alumni club to paint classrooms, her investment banker friends to help write a budget, and members of the community to organize fundraisers. At the same... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

21 May 2024
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A New Chapter

Open Up Resources, two successful nonprofits focused on innovation in the K–12 education market in the United States, Wolf knew how to deliver scalable, outside-the-box educational services for American kids. He believes his latest... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

22 Feb 2024
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Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

thrilled this book is out there so that they can use the book and also recommend the 12 steps to patients. So the more the organizations in the hospitals can hire navigators to walk people through this journey and help them, I think the... View Details

01 Jan 2013
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Roger W. Sant, MBA 1960

at DC's Community Foundation to support issues they believe in, primarily empowerment of women and girls, ocean conservation, and sustainable cities. Organizations that have benefited from their involvement include numerous... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 Apr 2024
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Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

29 Nov 2023
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A Holiday Benefit Dinner in LA; Seattle Club Revival Underway

Clubs News Clubs News Southern California Holiday Gala Will Boost Scholarship Fund After a brief hiatus due to the pandemic, the HBS Association of Southern California (HBSASC) is once again hosting its annual Holiday Benefit Gala on December 9 to support the HBSASC... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

30 Jun 2022
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Scaling Hope

Initiative, a program designed to help established leaders create scalable social change. D’Antonio knew he didn’t want to start a new nonprofit, as there are many respected organizations already working in the field. Instead, he wanted a... View Details

01 Jan 2004
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D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

to another important facet of the McKinsey culture--giving back to society. "I've always spent 15 to 20 percent of my time helping nonprofit organizations whose mission and leadership I've felt passionate... View Details

01 Sep 2023
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Global Outposts Expand HBS’s Intellectual Footprint

Since taking over as CEO of Tata Steel in 2013, T. V. Narendran had sought to transform India’s oldest steel manufacturing firm to ready it for a rapidly evolving business world. He instilled financial discipline, acquired new businesses, and launched digital... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

31 May 2023
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Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

who has always been comfortable spending time alone with her own thoughts. The last thing I thought I’d do is start a nonprofit with complete strangers.” Origin story: “In 2016, I was shattered by the shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and... View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

sector. He is also in the process of setting up the Center for Shared Ownership, which he has seeded with a $10 million donation. The nonprofit will develop best practices, set standards, and study the outcomes of equity grant programs as... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

volunteer garden on the site of a reclaimed golf course in suburban Omaha, Nebraska. This garden is a living ambassador of the Sacred Seed project, a nonprofit Keen founded in 2014 to simultaneously promote more sustainable agricultural... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

05 Sep 2014
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Keeping Education in Check

thinking. What the world will think in a given set of circumstances.” Berman feels so strongly about what the game can do for a child’s future that, in 2006, he founded Chess for Change, a nonprofit aimed at teaching chess in South... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Oct 1999
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Banking on Success

in your community and in the organizations that are important to you. When I think about the future, though, I look to John Whitehead (MBA 11/'47) as a terrific role model. After he left Goldman Sachs, he held a senior position in the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

15 Dec 2023
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Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Clubs News Clubs News Webinar illuminates broad array of business opportunities across Africa On December 5th, the HBS African-American Alumni Association (HBSAAA) hosted ‘Doing Business in Africa: From Opportunity to Action’, a webinar panel of HBS alumni who shared... View Details