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The Societal Role of Social Entrepreneurship

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Theodore Lechterman & Johanna Mair The field of social entrepreneurship often takes its normative foundations for granted. How can social entrepreneurship overcome these obstacles? We believe the answer lies in grounding the field in different foundations: the political philosophy of John Rawls.

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What nonprofits want: Support for capacity building and collective impact

Candid

During my first year as CEO of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, our biggest priority was listening. In November, we announced the first cohort of 55 grant recipients, organizations working to advance college access and completion, workforce and career development, and entrepreneurship.

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How to secure essential technology funding to deliver on nonprofit missions

Candid

Funding technology for greater impact, sustainability Some funders are actively supporting the role technology plays in advancing mission and impact. The foundation provides capacity-building grants , including investments in technology, as well as leadership and sustainability.

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Building Community Capacity in Rural East Texas: The Long Lift

NonProfit Quarterly

This is a question animating much of our work in East Texas, where a local family foundation ( T.L.L. Temple Foundation, 2022 The graph has a clarifying quality, disabusing any suggestion that our regions (represented by the green, blue, and orange lines) are on the right track. The barriers to change are real and persistent.

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When It Comes to Promoting Prosperity, Production Beats Consumption

Stanford Social Innovation Review

For most US-based foundations, the answer has traditionally been to focus on confined problem areas, projects like reducing malaria incidence, improving school attendance, or increasing access to safe drinking water. There are many reasons why foundations structure their giving in this way. And how can philanthropies fund it?

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It’s A Win-Win: Women Reaching Gender Equality in Sports, Work & Life

Fundraising Leadership

Photo by Women’s Sports Foundation.) Why the emphasis on sports when there are many activities women can get involved in? Women in Sports Foundation’s recent report shows that sports influence the lives of girls in extremely positive ways. Read more in Take The Lead on women leaders in sports Tuned into watching the U.S.

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The Future of Family Philanthropy

Stanford Social Innovation Review

If you give with your family or a family, whether through a donor-advised fund, a foundation, a giving circle, or anything in between, you are connected to family philanthropy. These two foundations exemplify not just expanded giving but a move away from default positions and toward more purpose-driven, problem-focused philanthropy.