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Article of Interest – “#BensTake: Harnessing the Promise of Impact Investing So it Lands in Places” by Ben Hecht
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Article of Interest – “#BensTake: Harnessing the Promise of Impact Investing So it Lands in Places” by Ben Hecht

By Tim McCarthy

March 29, 2015

Editor's note: Living Cities' CEO, Ben Hecht, writes about Black Rock Impact, a social investing platform from mutual fund giant, Black Rock Funds. It makes me nervous and hopeful at...
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Ashtabula
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Ashtabula

By David Francey

February 1, 2015

Editor’s Note: Thinking about a song to begin 2015 with and my renewed commitment to my home town came to mind. So here it is, from Canadian Singer/Songwriter David Francey....
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Article of Interest – “Why It’s Time to Rethink How We Run Charities”
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Article of Interest – “Why It’s Time to Rethink How We Run Charities”

By Tim McCarthy

January 4, 2015

Editor’s Note: Thanks to my friend, Ron DiMattia for passing this on to me. It’s a little strident for my taste but the theme is so true. If we are...
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The Rebel Jesus
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The Rebel Jesus

By The Rebel Jesus

December 15, 2014

Editor’s Note: I’ll add this month another ‘70s song, this one in light of the holiday with a little of Browne’s deep reflection and attitude thrown in. Favorite Verse: “We...
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Building the Bottom Line: Growing and Diversifying Your Revenue

By Tim McCarthy

December 1, 2014

In lieu of our regular monthly newsletter, I wanted to share with you a great learning opportunity for any non-profit leader looking to grow and diversify their revenue. Our foundation...
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Article of Interest – “Goodbye Newsletter from John Marks, Common Ground”

By Tim McCarthy

August 27, 2014

Editor’s Note:  I know little about the non-profit "Search for Common Ground" but I'm sure going to find out more soon. This article of the month is a goodbye newsletter...
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An Excerpt of the Book “Empty Abundance” – (The Science Says . . .)
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An Excerpt of the Book “Empty Abundance” – (The Science Says . . .)

By Tim McCarthy

July 31, 2014

The “Social Capital Community Benchmark Survey” included thirty thousand interviews completed in two waves by researchers at the John F. Kennedy School at Harvard University. Among other findings, the study...
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Article of Interest “When Good is Not Good Enough” by Bill Shore, Darell Hammond and Amy Celep
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Article of Interest “When Good is Not Good Enough” by Bill Shore, Darell Hammond and Amy Celep

By Tim McCarthy

April 29, 2014

Editor's Note:  Bill Shore has been a hero to me for over 25 years. Since its start, Share Our Strength has invested $376 million to food banks and emergency food...
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Broke, USA
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Broke, USA

By Gary Rivlin

March 31, 2014

Editor’s note: Like “Fast Food Nation,” I found this work to be like any other that looks for a sole source of a complex problem. That is, blaming sub-prime lending...
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Newsletter – “I Bid You Fondue” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

March 1, 2014

The malapropism used in the headline is courtesy of my brother, Terry, who uses hundreds of such phrases to keep himself entertained and throw his siblings and friends off their...
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Article of Interest – “A Fault In Funding” by Richard Rutherford and Drew Von Glahn

By Tim McCarthy

March 1, 2014

Editor’s note: This article is not only important because it represents good research, but also because it gets to (what we’ve learned) is the heart of the matter. The disconnect...
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Case History of the Month – “Givers vs. Growers”
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Case History of the Month – “Givers vs. Growers”

By Tim McCarthy

January 5, 2014

Editor’s note: My son, Tim, sent me the TED talk Dan Palotta did and it's excellent. It certainly reflects a lot of what our foundation actually practices every day. But...
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What Then Must We Do
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What Then Must We Do

By Gar Alperovitz

January 5, 2014

Editor’s comment: Warning to my conservative friends: This book can be interpreted as an attack on American capitalism! I realized that only a few pages in, and almost threw the...
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Case History – “Towards Employment”

By Tim McCarthy

December 6, 2013

Editor’s note: “Attached is a link to a short video about Towards Employment. Towards Employment empowers individuals to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency through employment and focus on helping low-income and...
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The Billionaire Who Wasn’t
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The Billionaire Who Wasn’t

By Conor O’Clery

December 6, 2013

Editor’s Note: I’m not much of a biography guy but this one reads like fiction. Through 400 pages, O’Clery does a great job with short punchy chapters about a man...
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CASE HISTORY Malone Scholarship Fund

By Tim McCarthy

October 4, 2013

Editor’s note:  Attached is a link to a short video about a scholarship and mentoring program started by our nonprofit partners Jimmy and April Malone.  Despite low-income, first-generation college students...
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The Lean Startup
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The Lean Startup

By Eric Ries

August 31, 2013

Editor's Note: We have a team in the process of launching a promising start-up social enterprise called America Mentors (dba Cleveland Mentors), designed to significantly increase the size and quality...
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Article of the Month: “The Charitable-Industrial Complex”, by Peter Buffett

By Tim McCarthy

July 29, 2013

Editor’s Note: A brilliant and very disturbing article for anyone in or considering working in philanthropy by Warren Buffett’s son. One of my MBA professors, Jay Barney, called ours a...
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Startup Communities
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Startup Communities

By Brad Feld

July 29, 2013

Editor’s note: Our foundation has enjoyed our work in my little town, Ashtabula, since 2009 that started with loans to five entrepreneurs. We didn’t know we were doing a lot...
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Article of the Month: “In New Brand of Philanthropy, Nonprofits Invest in For-Profits” by Stephanie Strom

By Tim McCarthy

July 1, 2013

Editor's note: It is rather easy and enticing to take a cynical, broad brush to the Morgan Stanleys and Goldman Sachs of the world and paint any of their efforts...
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Case History: Helping Teachers Help Themselves

By Tim McCarthy

April 29, 2013

Editor’s Note: I really struggle with the whole education thing. Two sisters and a brother are in the system, several of my non-profit heroes are pioneers in education and now...
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