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- 07 Nov 2018
- News
A Market-Based Approach to Solving the World’s Water Crisis
feel that by harnessing market-driven solutions, by using a small amount of philanthropy to attract larger sources of capital, and by shifting the global discussion to how do we finance the crisis, we will solve the crisis much more... View Details
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Social Investing’s Time Has Come
founder and CEO of Social Finance, a Boston-based nonprofit established in January to introduce SIBs to the United States. A companion organization with the same name is based in London. With governments here and abroad strapped for cash and View Details
- 18 Jul 2018
- News
Ensuring HBS Remains a Dynamic Community
organizations in her community. Currently director of strategic philanthropy for Congregation Rodef Sholom, she has also served on the boards of the Marin Horizon School and the Greater Bay Area Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
INK: Maker’s Manual
promise and the perils of philanthropy. NEW Giving Done Right Effective Philanthropy and Making Every Dollar Count by Phil Buchanan “I’m a big believer in free-market capitalism, but I also believe we need a strong nonprofit sector. This... View Details
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
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
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
Way by a Billion-Dollar Fundraiser by Howard Stevenson with Shirley Spence (Timberline LLC) Philanthropy is a powerful force in society, but the challenges are great, particularly during an economic downturn that has dampened... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
Creating a Pipeline of Talent to Address the World’s Challenges
Monisha Kapila (MBA 2005) is founder and CEO of ProInspire, a nonprofit that develops leaders for the social sector. The Chronicle of Philanthropy recently named ProInspire, which gives paid fellowships to highly qualified professionals,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
philanthropy moderated by HBS lecturer Nicolas Retsinas. More than 100 people attended the event, which highlighted the increasing synergy between the private sector and the philanthropic sector. Last November, the club inaugurated its... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Lumry Chair Supports IT and Entrepreneurship
the education of the next generation of business leaders, as students prepare to assume key positions at a time when interest in entrepreneurship and the Internet has reached unprecedented heights at the School. "I made this gift to honor my father, whose long... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
A Book by Its Cover
series to accommodate different preferences, the company employed a stable of writers, hundreds of whom today crank out 130 million books a year in 29 languages. A prominent backer of the fine arts, Heisey was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1994 in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Expanding the reach of business from Silicon Valley to the global arena
fund for young US technology companies. He is now the founding cochairman of Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a leading venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage social enterprises making a difference in the world. Draper is... View Details
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
Sasha Dichter (MBA/MPA 2002) is chief innovation officer at Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that invests in early-stage companies to solve issues stemming from poverty. “One of the things I’ve learned is how expressive and personal View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
An investment in meaningful results
million in over 200 programs and schools in 2013. The organization's 12-12-12 Concert for Sandy Relief raised more than $50 million to help victims of the storm rebuild and recover. Robin Hood takes a venture philanthropy approach to... View Details
- 05 Jan 2016
- News
Alumni Top Two New Lists of Rising Stars
through the Harvard i-lab; and 2017 MBA-MD candidate Brian Powers, who has coauthored more than 20 peer-review papers and is deputy editor of Healthcare: The Journal of Delivery Science and Innovation. In addition, the Chronicle of View Details
- 03 Apr 2014
- News
Cross-Class Connection
classes,” says Jones, a managing director and head of Global Private Equity at Morgan Stanley. “There’s a misperception that Harvard doesn’t need our giving. There are many worthy philanthropies but HBS stands out because of its ability... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
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
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Advancing Racial Equity
racial justice. HBS Addresses Racial Equity The Value of Difficult Conversations Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy Diversifying HBS's Case Collection View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
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
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
philanthropies New Profit and NewSchools Venture Fund. Harvard Business Review also served as a springboard for new ideas. In the March–April 1997 issue, MBA Class of 1957 Professor of Management Practice Allen Grossman cowrote an article... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Sustaining HBS’s Unique Economic Model
initiatives such as field learning, the Harvard Innovation Labs ecosystem, HBX, and joint degree programs with other Harvard schools,” says Melnick. Philanthropy is essential to the School’s financial health, providing the security and... View Details