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- 12 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits
serious diagnosis that would be reimbursed at a higher rate. The problem is a huge drain on taxpayers, costing an estimated $44 billion in 2012, a full 10 percent of Medicare's payments. At the same time, hospitals, especially nonprofit... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Evolving for Success [Part Two]
in small, nonprofit organizations that say, "What we do is human service. This technology has no relevance for us." They are afraid that if people can make charitable contributions over the Web, they won't pay attention to the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
the 1960s, he felt himself drawn toward nonprofit activities. Upon graduating from HBS, Lazarus took the advice of a classmate and joined the Peace Corps in Panama, where he worked to develop a business training and education program at a... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Forward Thinking
work, she felt frustrated by the bureaucratic pace of progress in conservation: “I just thought that I was very old, and I had to move faster.” In 2019, she founded the nonprofit Save Giraffes Now (SGN), in recognition of the fact that... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
issues and help us get to the US goal of zero-carbon emissions by 2050,” she says. In the early 2000s, Harper moved into nonprofit consulting, working for clients such as the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Charles River Conservancy,... View Details
- 12 Jan 2017
- News
Personalizing Women’s Path to Success
more than $350 million—where she focused on health care technology investments. She was general partner, serving on many private, public, and nonprofit boards, while also raising two boys, now 13 and 15. But after 20 years in the... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Life Lessons on the Open Seas
Paul Callahan (MBA 1992) is the captain of his own fate. A freak accident at age 21 left him a quadriplegic. That transformative moment led him, ultimately, to take the helm of Sail to Prevail, a nonprofit that helps disabled children and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
nonprofit professionals, public servants, philanthropists, and volunteers contributing at local, national, and international levels. Gerdeman: The early 2000s were a rocky time for business, with the global financial crisis and people... View Details
- 11 Apr 2018
- News
The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)
Photos courtesy of Regan Turner Regan Turner (MBA/MPP 2013) is executive director of The Mission Continues, a national nonprofit that “deploys” military veterans to community-impact projects to help them find purpose and to serve as role... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
to lead a more calm and focused life at work and at home. Nonprofit Strategic Planning by Shea Smith III (MBA 1941) (CreateSpace) Strategic planning for nonprofits is often ineffective. There are mainly two... View Details
- March 2021 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
In 2018, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in a bold move transferred all its assets to a fund pooled with other General Partners and Limited Partners, called Blue Meridian Partners, to focus substantial long range investments in a few carefully chosen nonprofits.The... View Details
Keywords: Venture Philanthropy; Scaling; COVID-19 Pandemic; Social Justice; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Venture Capital; Business Model; Social Issues; Poverty; Values and Beliefs; Decisions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Investment Portfolio
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact." Harvard Business School Case 521-090, March 2021. (Revised November 2022.)
- Fast Answer
Affordable housing resources
Affordable Housing Institute National Housing Institute: Research Habitat for Humanity Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University National Association of Realtors: Housing Affordability Index Websites Government agencies and View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
it be limited by the financial restrictions that govern nonprofit electrical cooperatives. Instead, the company would have both the incentive and the flexibility to bring renewable power to communities that would benefit economically from... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Leadership in Motion
Leadership in 2007. In the spring of 2016, Veron was elected a trustee of Scarsdale Village. Community involvement also planted the seeds for the Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit Veron cofounded in 2012 to encourage the growth of... View Details
- 06 Aug 2015
- News
A Wall Street Pioneer Comes Home
to serve as JSJ’s vice chairman of the board in addition to overseeing a family foundation fund and volunteering in community organizations. “I knew I wanted to come back to this area at some point,” she says. “One of my aims was to give back to the community where I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Scaling Peaks for Cancer Research
fundraising for the expedition’s nonprofit charity. The team is making plans for a marketing and media blitz to raise awareness of their efforts before the first climb in late December. If all goes as planned, the climbers will conquer... View Details
- February 2010 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool
By: Mukti Khaire and Kathleen L. McGinn
The case is about the decision to convert a not-for-profit organization into a for-profit company. SEWA Trade Facilitation Center (STFC), which is part of a larger non-profit organization—the Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA)—works to improve the livelihoods of... View Details
Keywords: Cooperative Ownership; For-Profit Firms; Gender; Business Model; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Nonprofit Organizations; Arts; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Growth and Development Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; India
Khaire, Mukti, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "SEWA Trade Facilitation Center: Changing the Spool." Harvard Business School Case 810-044, February 2010. (Revised June 2011.)
- September 2002
- Teaching Note
Strategic Planning at NFTE
By: Allen S. Grossman and Daniel F. Curran
Teaching Note for (9-302-002). View Details
- November 2023
- Case
Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition
By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
In September 2023, Brighter Bites, a Houston-based non-profit that distributed fresh produce and nutrition education in underserved communities across 11 cities and 5 states, grappled with identifying the best path forward for continued growth. Brighter Bites proved... View Details
Keywords: Nutrition; Growth and Development Strategy; Logistics; Nonprofit Organizations; Human Needs; Poverty; Houston
Bell, David E., Forest Reinhardt, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Nourishing Communities: Brighter Bites Approach to Childhood Nutrition." Harvard Business School Case 724-007, November 2023.
- February 2015
- Case
Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year
By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Lauren Barley
Abby Falik, founder and CEO of Global Citizen Year (GCY), quickly read through the most recent news updates regarding the Ebola crisis in West Africa as she prepared for her board call on July 31, 2014. Based in Oakland, California, GCY was a five-year-old... View Details
Keywords: Not-for-profit; Public Service; Developing Countries; Secondary Education; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Developing Countries and Economies; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving
Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Lauren Barley. "Abby Falik at Global Citizen Year." Harvard Business School Case 415-052, February 2015.