Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Echoing Green, the Skoll Foundation, and a small group of other social innovation-focused organizations have recently come together to explore how we can better permeate these principles and practices throughout society, from the grassroots to the grasstops. The global impact investing market is valued at $1.57 trillion and growing.

Governance 96

Governance Philanthropy Collaborations Finance 96

Affnetz

JULY 10, 2023

Short answer – philanthropy from individuals, foundation grants, government grants, events, earned revenue, membership dues, social entrepreneurship, investments (endowments), and probably a few more things! Sometimes (thankfully) foundation provide general operating support, other times it’s restricted support for a specific project.

Social Entrepreneurship 130

Social Entrepreneurship Nonprofit governance and management Entrepreneurship Public and Nonprofit Management 130

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

JULY 14, 2014

I found out more details of my speaking gig at the Mason Center for Social Entrepreneurship in late June. I had to approve the design of a new business card. I learned more about our social media conversations. I let a colleague know her video was on YouTube. I confirmed that I could speak on an America’s Charities webinar in July.

Communication 235

Communication Social Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Entrepreneurship 235

Fundraising Leadership

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

takeleadwomen acknowledges the #depth and #breadth of #Blackwomen in #business, #entrepreneurship, #education, #media and all of #American #culture far past the calendar month of the year. The team and the organization build on their strengthscommunity assets, not community deficits. Read more in Take The Lead about Donna Cryer here 5.

Race and Ethnicity 65

Race and Ethnicity Entrepreneurship Leadership Education 65

NonProfit Quarterly

OCTOBER 4, 2023

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. In rural East Texas we have a pilot model to get started.

Entrepreneurship 126

Entrepreneurship Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations 126

Bloomerang

MAY 27, 2021

The Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative. Offering a state-by-state guide to community foundation grant programs. Global Entrepreneurship Network. Here’s a useful list of resources and access points to help your nonprofit today. Grant opportunities for U.S. based nonprofits. Global funding (including USA).

Nonprofit governance and management 137

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Entrepreneurship Governance 137

Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

Amber Grant Foundation. Foundation for Women. Kellogg Foundation. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. 100 Women Charitable Foundation. Chicago Foundation for Women. The California Wellness Foundation. Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. The Patrina Foundation. Boulware Foundation.

Health 98

Health Entrepreneurship Foundations Education 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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?

Production 132

Production Entrepreneurship Agriculture Education 132

Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2022

The Awesome Foundation. New Earth Foundation. Cornell Douglas Foundation. Kellogg Foundation. Whole Kids Foundation. Emeril Lagasse Foundation. The Barney Family Foundation. Change Happens Foundation. The Harry Chapin Foundation. Johnson Scholarship Foundation. Burkle Foundation.

Education 115

Education Education Children Public and Nonprofit Management 115

The Agitator

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

billion … although #1, Margaret Cargill, an heir to the fortune of her grandfather’s Cargill Corporation (agriculture and food production), gave $6 billion of that in a bequest to her two foundations (which give to the American Red Cross, Nature Conservancy, YMCA and Public Broadcasting Service, among others).

Entrepreneurship 69

Entrepreneurship Agriculture Philanthropy Food 69

NonProfit Quarterly

APRIL 17, 2023

The Value of Lived Experience The value of lived experiences for leaders is a topic that has been explored in other fields, such as social entrepreneurship —and it’s now being adapted to nonprofit boards. Several years ago, she was asked to serve on the foundation’s board of directors.

Race and Ethnicity 117

Race and Ethnicity Social Entrepreneurship Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment 117

Fundraising Coach

JUNE 28, 2011

For example, if you want to use Linkedin to connect with foundations then you might: Search for people who work at those foundations. Use Linkedin Answers to ask a question about contacting foundations. Join groups that they have joined and participate. Ask for introductions through mutual Linkedin connections.

Social Entrepreneurship 97

Social Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Nonprofits Foundations 97

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

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.

Philanthropy 131

Philanthropy Public and Social Policy Foundations Collaborations 131

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Mazibuko and her colleagues at the global Apolitical Foundation and South Africa-based Futurelect recognize that it doesn’t have to be this way. The NGOs Co-Develop and E-Government Foundation are helping governments around the world build and use public digital infrastructure like this to better deliver for their citizens.

Public and Social Policy 130

Public and Social Policy Civil Society Governance Poverty 130

Getting Attention

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (New York, NY). 5) Communications Coordinator , Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (Bethesda, MD). Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (New York, NY). The Michael J. 2) Cause Marketing and Event Production Specialist , Wholesome Wave (Bridgeport, CT). 6) Communications Director.

Marketing 65

Marketing Marketing Entrepreneurship Energy 65

NonProfit Quarterly

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leaders in many places facing economic decline—be they post-industrial cities in the Rust Belt or depleted communities in former coal mining towns—are increasingly looking to entrepreneurship as a means of revitalization. Alternative sources of funding, such as patient capital and slow money , have different scale implications.

Entrepreneurship 130

Entrepreneurship Collaborations Food Finance 130

Fundraising Leadership

AUGUST 2, 2024

Photo by Women’s Sports Foundation.) Olympics2024 ” On the positive side, there has been so much progress in participation, coverage, investment and entrepreneurship surrounding women’s sports. Encouraging girls in sports early offers mental and physical health benefits and encourages leadership.

Leadership 122

Leadership Entrepreneurship Food Health 122

Get Fully Funded

APRIL 2, 2023

Further research revealed that the organization does economic development work while training people in the community in entrepreneurship. Here is how I would state the mission for greater clarity: We train people in entrepreneurship and provide access to capital to open small businesses. It’s the foundation of your messaging.

Food 105

Food Entrepreneurship Nonprofits Public and Nonprofit Management 105

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 28, 2023

Investing in people and places that have been historically excluded from traditional investment support will always appear risky to foundations and fund managers. We can provide “friends and family” funding using patient, flexible capital to advance resiliency for Black businesses and the communities they serve.

Agriculture 144

Agriculture Finance Culture Collaborations 144

Stanford Social Innovation Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Either we rely on grant and donor funding, or must continually justify to investors and the public that our entrepreneurship is relevant to solving some of the most pressing issues of our time. What about public sector funds or foundation grants? The Investment Mirage. But the premise of these events seemed odd.

Public and Social Policy 120

Public and Social Policy Social Enterprise Social Enterprise Non-Profits 120

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

JH: Well, look at the example of the Ford Foundation. Institutions like the Ford Foundation and other long-standing philanthropies have an actual legacy of engaging these structures and these institutions that allows a consistent engagement with these issues on a policy level. So, 100 percent, community foundations.

Public and Social Policy 124

Public and Social Policy Law Governance Nonprofits 124

Stanford Social Innovation Review

AUGUST 14, 2023

These are the women that came back and built many of the foundational and educational programs still standing today, such as United Indian Health Services, North Coast Indian Development Corporation, and the Native Cultures Fund. It was the best approach we knew at the time for transforming systems and policies to improve health equity.

Nonprofit governance and management 98

Nonprofit governance and management Health Collaborations Foundations 98

The Agitator

DECEMBER 16, 2009

Here is a terrific comment on yesterday’s Agitator post from Andrew Kramer describing how his organization, Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) in Houston, builds cultivation into the guts of their program … and the enormous benefits reaped. He was taking me to task for treating cultivation merely as a monetary cost.

Entrepreneurship 64

Entrepreneurship Retention Foundations Values 64

Nonprofit Marketing Blog

APRIL 9, 2012

Control : frugality, effective money management, black and white answers that come from scientific pursuits, own business/entrepreneurship, self reliance (especially younger Millennials). Consistency : stable employment, stay at college, complete college.

Nonprofit governance and management 87

Nonprofit governance and management Entrepreneurship Governance Values 87

NonProfit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In the 20th century, Atlanta emerged as a hub of Black entrepreneurship and education. Featured in Descendant , the work being done by organizations like the Clotilda Descendants Association and the Africatown Heritage Preservation Foundation parallels the work at Historic Clayborn Temple. To restore the future, you must know the past.

Culture 122

Culture Poverty Governance Finance 122

Stanford Social Innovation Review

MARCH 5, 2024

Companies Taking Action B in Action was launched in 2022 by two initiatives of the Beijing-based Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation. Entrepreneurship and self-employment are also emerging as promising avenues for individuals with disabilities.

Nonprofit governance and management 119

Nonprofit governance and management Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Technology 119

Fundraising Leadership

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Entrepreneurship is a dream that many individuals desire to pursue for a variety of reasons, from acting on a passion project to leaving a job that no longer aligns with their career goals. After the pandemic, entrepreneurship boomed – with women having a major part in leading that charge.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Management Energy Values 52

Fundraising Leadership

JULY 26, 2024

Eyes on the enterprise’s foundational intentions. New research shows leaders who address their own emotional labor and that of others, produce “organizational resilience,” according to the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. Lead with established core values.

Leadership 121

Leadership Entrepreneurship Values Management 121

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Bridging Analytics and Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship thrives on insight and precision, both of which are the forte of analytics. Adaptability: A solid foundation in analytics fosters a mindset that is adaptable, allowing entrepreneurs to pivot strategies based on real-time data insights.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Technology Foundations Marketing 52

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

MAY 27, 2024

Shattuck touches on segmentation in marketing, creating strong relationship foundations, and adding a personal touch to your outreach. It’s the perfect solution to help your management team to go back to the basics and build a stronger foundation for growing your organization.

Nonprofit governance and management 130

Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Leadership 130

Stanford Social Innovation Review

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Companies can also create goals for their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies that both improve the well-being of suppliers in the near term and lay a foundation for them to minimize their environmental footprints in the future.

Health 122

Health Public and Social Policy Environmental Governance 122

iMarketSmart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

And, their assistance is 100% free (thanks to the generous support of people like me — yes, I donate a little bit here and there — major donors, and amazing Foundations). The award will be presented to me by the Office Depot Foundation (an outstanding organization too). . Bobbitt, executive director of The SCORE Foundation.

Non-Profits 68

Non-Profits Entrepreneurship Volunteerism Volunteerism 68

Candid

JANUARY 14, 2022

Focused on restaurant recovery and entrepreneurship, the Grants for Growth program will award $10,000 to a hundred businesses on Uber Eats in ten U.S. cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Miami, Detroit, the New York City metro/New Jersey area, the San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia, and Boston. January 12, 2022.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Education Education Foundations 52

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

In these real-world scenarios, adaptive thinking is cultivated—building resilience and strategic acuity critical in entrepreneurship. Tailored Learning Approaches In the landscape of entrepreneurship, tailored learning translates to specialized knowledge acquisition aligned with one’s unique business trajectory and ambitions.

Entrepreneurship 52

Entrepreneurship Education Education Collaborations 52

NonProfit Hub

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Last year’s Social Good Tech Week covered topics ranging from big data and health technology to entrepreneurship and social media. CEOs of foundations, nonprofit professionals and business leaders can all benefit from the dozens of sessions that feature thought leaders who want to solve the world’s toughest issues. Bike rides.

Public and Social Policy 77

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Entrepreneurship Public Policy 77

NonProfit Quarterly

JUNE 21, 2023

We also deliberately sought out people outside the entrepreneurship ecosystem who had a desire to work with children. After the initial cohorts were completed, we were able to partner with Lumina Foundation , a national foundation.

Curriculum and Teaching 105

Curriculum and Teaching Finance Children Recruitment 105

Nonprofit Marketing Insights by GlobalOwls

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Financial sustainability is confidence, understanding, and having a strong financial foundation. To build a solid foundation regarding financial stability, follow the above tips to control your financial situation. Her interests include outdoor activities, fitness, technology, entrepreneurship and everything in between.

Finance 52

Finance Entrepreneurship Foundations Technology 52