Community Foundations - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Oct 2017
News

Take Time to Serve Others

academia, philanthropy, and community work. “I’m not a big fan of connecting the dots. Introspection should include self-criticism, but I don’t think I’ve ever worried about what others think of my decisions,” she observes. “At the core,... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

Case Study: Confidence Builder

(which remains to be proven), I would seek capital sources such as foundations and nonprofits that will spend money on a service outreach. —Susan Stupin (MBA 1979) Confi has a much-needed and timely product. It should approach the... View Details

Keywords: April White; Confi; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
News

Helping high achievers achieve even more

venture capital firm that has invested in, and provided strategic guidance to, more than 365 businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stamps passed the torch to his management team in 2001 so that he could focus his considerable energy on the family View Details

02 Mar 2015
News

To Market, To Market

that integrates livestock and sustainable agriculture,” says Ferrari. “We come at it from a community development perspective. We do a lot of work preparing villages to engage in the relatively harsh world of markets. It’s hard for them.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Agriculture; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2024
News

What is Web3?

secure, and decentralized framework where individuals own, and have greater control and sovereignty over, their digital assets and interactions within the digital realm. Blocks and Blockchains The foundational technology of Web3 is the... View Details

01 Jun 1998
News

Investigation Leads to Sanctions, Recommendations

year. On April 9, a letter to the HBS community from Dean Kim B. Clark and a statement from the Faculty and Staff Standards Committee (FSSC) reported the results of an investigation that had found a pattern of behavior within one class... View Details

21 May 2021
News

See Us Unite for Change

coming together behind a message of solidarity and support for the AAPI community. The event is part of a larger campaign called See Us Unite, organized by the Asian American Foundation (TAAF) in partnership with the Ford and MacArthur... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

09 Mar 2021
News

Bridging the Gap

yet, the crisis has shed light on areas where business leaders can make an important difference, such as supporting schools and programs that enable students to gain skills and talents for productive employment and create a foundation for... View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Salter New Head of External Relations

In his new role as senior associate dean for External Relations, Professor Malcolm S. (“Mal”) Salter is ready and eager to shift his focus from the classroom to the global community of 65,000 HBS alumni. “The alumni View Details

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

01 Jun 2001
News

Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal

concentrate on his progress in his current position. “I think we are 75 percent of the way there in terms of laying the foundation for client services, but we’re probably 25 percent in terms of achieving all the things we want to. There... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Merrill Lynch; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

04 Sep 2014
News

Our focus was to get drug companies to invest money in ALS

could convince them that ALS is a good investment, market forces will do more than all the ALS foundations worldwide can do.” In 2011 and 2012, Prize4Life awarded million-dollar prizes for tests that measure the disease’s progression... View Details

07 May 2020
News

Ensuring Student Equity

foundation of our work with students is relationship-based because they need social-emotional support,” she explains. “We also created the Community Connections Program, which is designed to keep us... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2014
News

Feedback

primary command and control communication system. —Joe Lanza (AMP 103, 1988) via bulletin@hbs.edu I don’t know if it’s chutzpah or ignorance regarding the history of and current situation in Afghanistan or both that enables the editors to... View Details

Keywords: feedback

24 Apr 2014
News

Identifying why the path to the top for women and racial minorities remains elusive

While diversity in hiring has increased markedly among professional service organizations, the changes are not reflected at the senior-most levels. For example, in US law firms, women comprise 46 percent of associates but only 19 percent of partners, and racial... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Righting the Ship

capabilities needed now: communication capabilities, ethical and social commitments, the ability to see the large, interdependent picture and to steer an organization with this in mind, and an understanding of the extraordinarily high... View Details

09 Oct 2019
News

Building a Tradition of Giving

encouraging charitable work in the communities we served,” he says. Around the same time that Sternlicht was building Starwood, his young son was diagnosed with diabetes, and Sternlicht started making gifts to support research. Later, he... View Details

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

leaders with some pedigree: His wife’s family foundation has been active in offering social services in the neighborhood for almost a decade. He has contributed the properties to a foundation and has engaged... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

07 Dec 2015
News

Nurturing a Healthy Food System for Producers and Consumers

production. “Their work is quite compelling for us,” says Kendall. “They’ve created a bold and provocative vision—‘50 by 60’—that says that we in New England can produce 50 percent of our food locally by 2060.” Since 2011, the Kendall View Details

29 Mar 2023
News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

organizations to render aid. If any of our alumni are looking to connect with one another, we recommend using the Alumni Directory together with the secure Alumni Messaging Service to communicate (click on the envelope icon on any alumni... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Providing education and opportunities to children in Pakistan

Seema Aziz (OPM 39, 2010), cofounder of Bareeze, a global luxury textile and clothing brand based in Pakistan, started the CARE Foundation to provide education and opportunities for children in rural Pakistan. In this video conducted... View Details

Publications