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Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Avoiding the Madonna Effect in Philanthropy
Communication Digital ArticleThe collapse of Madonna's high-profile effort to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi has made headlines around the world. The singer's celebrity... -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively... -
Q & A: Jane Wales on Global Philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThis week in Washington: the eighth annual Global Philanthropy Forum. Jane Wales is co-founder of the forum, the director of the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation at the Aspen Institute, and the host of the nationally syndicated radio show It’s Your World on NPR. The Philanthropy Forum brings together influential individuals interested in enabling […] -
When Corporate Philanthropy Makes the Recipient Look Bad
Leadership & Managing People ResearchA study of theaters and their artistic reputations. -
How Wise Crowds Can Advance Philanthropy
Marketing Magazine ArticleMidsize nonprofits in the United States offer some of the most innovative solutions to our most pressing problems, but they are starved for growth funding because no efficient market mechanism exists to guide capital to them. In the absence of reliable information about the relative performance of nonprofits, billions of philanthropic dollars annually are distributed […] -
How Nonprofits Can Encourage Donors to Give More
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Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals
Global Business Digital ArticleA framework to help funders understand who they are and what kind of impact they aspire to have. -
Bringing Global Philanthropy Closer to Home
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleIn developing economies, local philanthropists are acting more like investors. -
Galvanizing Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePhilanthropic organizations, exempt from the accountability imposed on business by markets or on government by voters, are free to experiment and take... -
Audacious Philanthropy
Organizational Development Magazine ArticlePrivate philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally.... -
Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy (HBR OnPoint Enhanced Edition)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
Business Owes the World Everything...and Nothing
Leadership & Managing People Digital Article(Editor's note: This post is part of the HBR Debate "What Does Business Owe the World?") Does business "owe" the world anything? It's an important question,... -
Sharing Data Is a Form of Corporate Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleAcademics, government, and civic groups can all benefit from greater access. -
New Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleForced to explain why businesses should continue to give money away while laying off workers, contributions managers in hundreds of companies have come... -
How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThey’re taking multiple routes to social good. -
A Case Study in Strategic Philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleSeven years ago, Bank of America launched Neighborhood Builders®, a program that provides grants and, more importantly, leadership training to managers of “high-potential” non-profit organizations in the communities where the bank does business. The rationale was straight-forward: thriving neighborhood groups create more vibrant places to live and work, which translates into a better environment for […] -
Why Shuttering AmazonSmile Was a Mistake
Organizational Development Digital ArticleResearch shows that the charitable benefits of such "giving-by-proxy" programs can extend beyond their direct impact. -
How Texting is Changing Philanthropy
Global Business Digital ArticleWithin philanthropy circles, one of the major subtexts of the earthquake in Haiti was the phenomenal success of text-message fundraising appeals. Nonprofits...
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Social Enterprise Spectrum: Philanthropy to Commerce
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details With the boundaries between philanthropy and commerce blurring, this note briefly gives nonprofit managers and social entrepreneurs a framework (the Social... -
Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details 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,... -
Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization... -
Richard Lund: Personal Wealth and Philanthropy
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Richard Lund had reached an important crossroads in his life. At age 65, Lund had had a great deal of success-and amassed much wealth-but he needed to... -
Paul Polman
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Over his 40-year career, Paul Polman had led some of the world's largest consumer goods companies, making his biggest mark as CEO of Unilever-a multi-national... -
Janet Ames (D)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The final case in the series of Janet Ames looks at the challenges of managing a nonprofit and what to do in the instance of suspected fraud. -
Sun Hing: Keeping the Family Together through Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Edwin Lee, is a fourth generation member of the Lee family. He owns and runs Sun Hing Group, and is a board member of the Simon KY Lee Foundation. The... -
Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Venture Philanthropy Funding for Biotech
Finance & Accounting Case Study14.00View Details In 2001, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated acquired the San Diego-based biotech company, Aurora Biosciences. The combination of Vertex's and Aurora's... -
Zhang Xin and the Emergence of Chinese Philanthropy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case examines the recent emergence of Chinese business philanthropy through the case of the SOHO China Foundation established by the wife and husband... -
Dachser (B): Putting Intelligent Logistics to the Test
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details This brief B case dives into how the governance model withstood the COVID-19 crisis. -
How to Encourage Others to Give and When to Pass the Torch? Insights from The Philanthropy Connection
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case follows the co-founder and president, Marla Felcher, of The Philanthropy Connection (TPC). TPC is a nonprofit organization that centers around... -
Philanthropy Industry Note Part (B): Philanthropy by Individual Donors
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details This series of contextual essays provides an overview of the history and status of philanthropic giving in the United States. Drawing on federal tax-based... -
George Soros: The Stateless Statesman
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after... -
The Incentive for Legacy: Tsinghua University Education Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study15.05View Details Vivian Yuan seeks to bolster the Tsinghua University Education Foundation's fundraising efforts and investment goals in a new era of Chinese higher education.... -
George Soros: A Life in Full
30.00View Details A compelling new picture of one of the most important, complex, and misunderstood figures of our time. The name George Soros is recognized around the... -
Maria Ahlstrom-Bondestam: Together Everyone Achieves More
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case presents the unique approach to philanthropy of the Ahlstrom family. A group of 25 fifth-generation female Ahlstrom family members founded the... -
BlackRock's ESG Investment Dilemma: Managing Stakeholder Differences
Management Case Study8.95View Details In 2018, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink wrote a surprising letter to CEOs across the country stating "to prosper over time, every company must not only deliver... -
Janet Ames (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Note on Innovations in Philanthropy
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Provides a framework for thinking systematically about innovations in philanthropy. To be successful and sustainable, innovative approaches to philanthropy...
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Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleWhen it comes to philanthropy, executives increasingly see themselves as caught between critics demanding ever higher levels of "corporate social responsibility"... -
Social Enterprise Spectrum: Philanthropy to Commerce
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details With the boundaries between philanthropy and commerce blurring, this note briefly gives nonprofit managers and social entrepreneurs a framework (the Social... -
Philanthropy’s New Agenda: Creating Value
Corporate social responsibility Magazine ArticleSatisfied with doing good, too few foundations work strategically to do better. -
Avoiding the Madonna Effect in Philanthropy
Communication Digital ArticleThe collapse of Madonna's high-profile effort to build a school for impoverished girls in Malawi has made headlines around the world. The singer's celebrity... -
Janet Ames (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The series of Janet Ames cases follow a fictional alumna of Harvard Business School into her consulting career in Boston. Over the series of cases, Ames... -
Blue Meridian Partners (A): Scaling for Impact
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details 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,... -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively... -
Q & A: Jane Wales on Global Philanthropy
Corporate social responsibility Digital ArticleThis week in Washington: the eighth annual Global Philanthropy Forum. Jane Wales is co-founder of the forum, the director of the Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation at the Aspen Institute, and the host of the nationally syndicated radio show It’s Your World on NPR. The Philanthropy Forum brings together influential individuals interested in enabling […] -
Do You Have a Corporate Philanthropy Strategy?
Management Digital ArticleStrategic corporate philanthropy voluntary giving that builds on a company's core competencies to both effect social impact and improve its competitive... -
Kathy Giusti and the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Technology & Operations Case Study6.95View Details What do you do when your rising professional career is cut short by an unexpected cancer diagnosis? Kathy Giusti shifted careers, built a new organization...