Author: pallas

The voice for creating better measurements continues to grow in the non-profit world. And that’s certainly a good thing. But my experience in business says much depends on what, and...

Editor’s Note: Our foundation only dreams of becoming as effective as Center for Community Self-Help, whose mission is “Creating and protecting ownership and economic opportunity for all.” Article:

The Premier Source for Objective, Qualified and Relevant Microfinance Performance Data and Analysis Editor’s Note: For perhaps the first time, rather than an article, I’m recommending an entire website. I...

A lyric in one of my favorite Avett Brothers songs (featured in Tim’s Library – Songs - April, 2010) states:                   "When you run, make sure you run, to something...

Article Link Editor’s Note: In the attached article, Jacob Harold of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation shares his perspective on the role foundations should play in aligning the self-interests...

Editor’s Note: Hope Gibbs does a nice job highlighting this, one of the first peer-to-peer philanthropy site. Donorschoose.org is a cool concept, nicely boot-strapped and then scaled. Article:

Editor’s Note: This article’s surprise for me is that most of the world’s poorest people don’t live in the poorest countries. Does this mean sending aid to autocrats that never...

Article Link Editor's Note: As a person who was forced into entrepreneurship by losing his job, this Bloomberg point of view really caught my eye. And it gives impetus to...

One of my favorite cousins, Mike Murphy, teases bartenders by saying “I’m searching for the second best martini in America.” When they take the bait, they ask, “Why the second...

Editor’s Note: As part of foundation’s work to establish a CDFI (Community Development Financial Institute,) we have been researching best practices to (someday) achieve scale beyond Ashtabula County.  This paper...