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Story: “Social Outcomes”: Lifting Sights, Changing Norms

October 15, 2019

Written by Mario Morino Published: 07-08-2010 Venture Philanthropy Partners:Investing in Social Change Editor's Note: Mario Morino, a local Cleveland guy, is a founder and innovator behind Venture Philanthropy Partners in...
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Story: Saving Lives, One Rent Check at a Time

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: This might be my favorite success story so far because it is so simple - started by a guy making $33,000 a year and is still a modest...
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Story: Partner for the Greater Good

October 15, 2019

Partner for the Greater Good Written by Abby Callard Published: BeyondProfit.com, May 19, 2011 Editor’s note:  This brief article, by Abby Callard from the e-magazine “Beyond Profit”, is about a...
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Story: O.C. surfer helps African women find a U.S. market

October 15, 2019

By Masha Goncharova Published: The Orange County Register on September 06, 2009 Editor's Note: My least favorite revenue stream so far is retailing hand made products. It is very difficult...
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Story: Money to Grow On

October 15, 2019

Written by By William Foster Published: Fall 2008 by Stanford Social Innovation Review Editor's Note: This takes a bit of focus to read but I have not seen a better...
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Story: Loan Program Helps ‘Unbanked’ Climb Economic Ladder

October 15, 2019

Written by Ronald D. Orol Published: Marketwatch.com on Nov. 10, 2009 Editor's Note: While we continue our work to support Emerge WorkPlace Solutions, a payday loan alternative delivered through employers...
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Story: Lexicographical Beneficence

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: While freerice.com seems to be waning in popularity (see Wikipedia update) I've long been charmed by the simplicity of this concept. It reminds us all that "a little...
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Story: For Homeless, A Home May Be The Best Rehab

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: This story from NPR inspires me. Jerry Skoch uses this unique premise with the homeless in his work (www.westsidecatholiccenter.org) on the near west side of Cleveland and I'm...
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Story: Excerpt from Bill Gate’s famous commencement address at Harvard in 2007

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: : I guess this really isn't a success story, per se, but this month's article is an excerpt from Bill Gate's famous commencement address at Harvard in 2007....
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Story: Entrepreneurship looked to as a way forward for ex-inmates

October 15, 2019

Written by Marcia Pledger Published: Sunday, October 10, 2010, cleveland.com Editor's Note: I enjoyed Ms. Pledger's article because we know Gus Turner and his sister and they are fine people....
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Story: Effective Funding: How foundations can best support social innovators

October 15, 2019

By Steven Lawry, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2009 Issue Editor's Note: This article is particularly relevant to me now as I research and decide whether our foundation will back...
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Story: Crisis in Kenya Update-the Murder of Melitus Mugabe Were

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: International Partners in Mission (IPM) works across borders of faith and culture on behalf of children, women, and youth to create partnerships that build justice, peace, and hope....
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Story: Creating High-Impact Nonprofits

October 15, 2019

Written By Heather McLeod Grant & Leslie R. Crutchfield Published: Fall 2007 by Stanford Social Innovation Review Editor's Note: "Forces for Good" book was recommended and featured on website bookshelf...
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Story: Catalytic Philanthropy

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: I shared this article with our foundation's board last week because Thomas Siebel's success is the kind I strive for. Siebel decided that money doesn't solve social problems,...
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Story: Bill Strickland: Role Model for Social Entrepreneurship

October 15, 2019

Published: January 03, 2007 in Knowledge@W.P. Carey Editor's Note: About a year ago, I ventured to Pittsburgh to see the Manchester Bidwell project first hand and talk with Bill Strickland...
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Sunshine

By David Wilcox

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: An obscure but long time favorite of mine, David Wilcox, wrote this song many years ago. It came back to me though while I was writing this month's...
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“We Shall Overcome”
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“We Shall Overcome”

By Joan Baez

October 15, 2019

Editor’s Note: I recently saw to my surprise that 71 year old Baez is still performing and very active in rights movements and so I dedicate this, one of her...
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September Case History: “Banking on Low-Income Families” by Corey Binns

October 15, 2019

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:
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September Article: MIX:

October 15, 2019

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...
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Who Owns the Icehouse? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur
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Who Owns the Icehouse? Eight Life Lessons from an Unlikely Entrepreneur

By Clifton Taulbert & Gary Schoeniger

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: Drawing on the entrepreneurial life-lessons he gained from his Uncle Cleve, Who Owns the Icehouse? chronicles Clifton Taulbert’s journey from life in the Mississippi Delta at the height...
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The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook
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The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook

By Ian C. MacMillan and James D. Thompson

October 15, 2019

Editor's Note: Anyone interested in creating scalable, positive social impact while conserving resources through a disciplined approach to social entrepreneurship should read The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbook. SEA Change, a social...
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