Charities, Effective Altruism, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 6/20/17 Charities, Effective Altruism, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 6/20/17

Philanthropy needs intermediaries. Here's a new one.

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Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Prizes 6/13/17 Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Prizes 6/13/17

The Knight Foundation: Bottom-up philanthropy

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Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/31/17 Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/31/17

The Givers: Philanthropy, power and democracy

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Corporate philanthropy, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/23/17 Corporate philanthropy, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/23/17

These days, it's easy to say nice things about Detroit

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Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/15/17 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/15/17

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th century fortune tackles 21st century problems

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Climate change, Corporate philanthropy, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 5/9/17 Climate change, Corporate philanthropy, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 5/9/17

Philanthropy, coal country and a just transition

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Corporate responsibility, Global poverty, Human rights, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social justice 5/2/17 Corporate responsibility, Global poverty, Human rights, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social justice 5/2/17

Natalie Bridgeman Fields: Holding the powerful accountable

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Charities, Effective Altruism, Foundations, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/25/17 Charities, Effective Altruism, Foundations, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/25/17

Philanthropy's inequality problem

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Advocacy, Charities, Endowments, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/18/17 Advocacy, Charities, Endowments, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/18/17

The Trump effect, at The Whitman Institute (and elsewhere)

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Capitalism, Charities, Foundations, Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social entrepreneurs 4/9/17 Capitalism, Charities, Foundations, Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social entrepreneurs 4/9/17

Scenes from the Skoll World Forum

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Climate change, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/4/17 Climate change, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/4/17

It's crunch time for climate philanthropy. What should foundations do?

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Charities, Corporate philanthropy, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 3/28/17 Charities, Corporate philanthropy, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 3/28/17

Why Amazon Smile doesn't make me smile

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Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy, Transparency 3/14/17 Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy, Transparency 3/14/17

Warren Buffett has some excellent advice for foundations that they probably won't take

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Foundations, Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 2/27/17 Foundations, Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 2/27/17

Migration: The oldest (and most effective) anti-poverty program

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Charities, Foundations, Global health, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, WASH, water 2/14/17 Charities, Foundations, Global health, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, WASH, water 2/14/17

WaterAid: What do we buy, and at what cost, when we give to nonprofits?

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Cash transfers, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, NGOs, Philanthropy 2/7/17 Cash transfers, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, NGOs, Philanthropy 2/7/17

What we don't know can hurt us

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Capitalism, Climate change, Environment, Investment, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/31/17 Capitalism, Climate change, Environment, Investment, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/31/17

What good is shareholder advocacy?

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Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Transparency 12/15/16 Global poverty, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Transparency 12/15/16

Accountability Lab: Promoting good government, fighting corruption

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Cookstoves, Environment, Global poverty, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 12/12/16 Cookstoves, Environment, Global poverty, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 12/12/16

Mission impossible? Selling cleaner cookstoves in Haiti

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Foundations, Philanthropy 11/29/16 Foundations, Philanthropy 11/29/16

In defense of globalization: Sue Desmond-Hellmann of the Gates Foundation

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