Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

I'm a member of Carol Cone's Purpose Collaborative, and during last month's community call I challenged my fellow members to pick the number of cause-related ads that would air during the Super Bowl. The line of shea butter products is being distributed through retailers such as Whole Foods, MGM Resorts and Amazon. The winner?

Social Enterprise 100

Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Children Retail 100

NonProfit Quarterly

MARCH 1, 2023

So too is collaboration. BlacSpace is a cooperative that brings together expertise in real-estate ownership and development, cooperative structures, business systems, art making, activism, and cultural anchoring, stimulating conversations about cultural kitchens and a unique collaboration to cultivate them.

Culture 104

Culture Retail Community Development Collaborations 104

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 23, 2023

Social enterprises such as car-sharing programs are changing the nature of urban transportation and providing alternative options to individual car ownership. In turn, they can shape the actions of mainstream businesses in the city that tend to adopt social innovations more slowly.

Civil Society 110

Civil Society Public and Social Policy Construction Governance 110

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MAY 17, 2023

Our experience has been crystal clear—just getting our principal back (and being able to recycle any return into another social enterprise) is a huge win—one we are absolutely comfortable with. By definition, PRI regulations ensure that there must be an “impact” in investing. Kresge alone provided $3.6

Marketing 115

Marketing Marketing Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Collaborating with local conservation groups, Indigenous communities, and other experts allows companies to craft tailored restoration strategies specifically designed for the ecosystems impacted by their operations. Instead of constructing a new office, manufacturing or retail site, companies can first restore existing buildings.

Public and Social Policy 115

Public and Social Policy Agriculture Manufacturing Environmental 115

Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 27, 2023

World Bicycle Relief (WBR), a nonprofit social enterprise (where the other two authors of this article work) helps to solve that challenge by distributing bicycles to individuals like the three women above. Bridges to Prosperity is working to address this gap by collaborating with technology partners (e.g.,

Public and Social Policy 122

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit governance and management Non-Profits Health 122