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Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
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Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential

By Dan Pallotta

March 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: Because I read a lot of books and articles on philanthropy, I assumed this would be another dull but earnest attempt to improve the world of charitable giving,...
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March Newsletter: Empty Abundance

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

After twenty years of thinking about it, I’m finally writing my first book. And this time, I’m serious. I’ve secured a professional coach/editor and outlined the strategy and even the...
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Case History: Habitat Builds Out Its Vision

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

Editor’s note: The most interesting part of this article, also from SSIR’s 10th anniversary issue, is that a non-profit as huge as Habitat for Humanity is doing something new while...
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Article of the Month: Standing with the Poor

By Tim McCarthy

February 28, 2013

Editor’s Note: If you notice, all of this month’s reference material comes from the 10th anniversary issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review (www.ssireview.org) from whom I have learned a...
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January Case History: “Big Society Capital Marks a Paradigm Shift” by Ronald Cohen

By Tim McCarthy

January 3, 2013

Editor’s Note: The founding chair of Big Society Capital explains how the UK’s social investment bank will harness entrepreneurship and capital to solve societal problems. Case Study:
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January Article: “Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success” by Jason DeParle

By Tim McCarthy

January 3, 2013

Editor’s Note: The story of three friends from Galveston, Texas, seems less a tribute to upward mobility than a study of obstacles in an age of economic inequality. Each showed...
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December Case History: SoMoLend Wins Finovate’s “Best of Show” Award

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: In the video below you will see Candace Klein, founder and CEO of both Bad Girl Ventures and SoMoLend, make the winning pitch for SoMoLend at Finovate, a...
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December Article: “Charity’s Role in America, and Its Limits” by Eduardo Porter

By Tim McCarthy

November 29, 2012

Editor’s Note: A sobering fact from the article I wanted to highlight: “A small portion of philanthropic efforts are aimed at helping those who most need it. A study by...
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Thieves in the Temple
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Thieves in the Temple

By G. Jeffrey McDonald

November 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: This book came to me from my work with International Partners in Mission as they are featured in Chapter 3 as “doing right.” But I must tell you,...
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October Blog: “Finding a Need” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

October 1, 2012

After forty years of work, I have developed one primary talent: Marketing. From Marketing 101 in college through my jobs in politics, advertising and entrepreneurship I’ve learned that the first...
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August Newsletter “Are We There Yet?” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

August 2, 2012

I’ve written before about my favorite leadership book “On Becoming a Leader” by John Bennis because his primary point in the book is that we are always “becoming” leaders. The...
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August Case History: “Curbing Mission Creep” By Kim Jonker & William F. Meehan III

By Tim McCarthy

August 2, 2012

Editor’s Note: Our foundation continuously seeks to narrow its focus, keeping a constant diligence to avoid the natural tendency towards “mission creep.” This case study demonstrates the benefit of being...
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August Article: “Should We Consider a PRI?” by Christa Velasquez and Francie Brody

By Tim McCarthy

August 2, 2012

Editor’s Note: I recently began researching PRIs, or Program Related Investments, to gain an understanding of how they create leverage and whether it makes sense for our foundation in some...
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The Non Nonprofit
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The Non Nonprofit

By Steve Rothschild

August 2, 2012

Editor’s Note: Steve Rothschild, former executive vice president of General Mills and founder of Twin Cities RISE!, a nonprofit that works to advance anti-poverty programs, offers a useful case study...
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July Case History:

By Tim McCarthy

July 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: Our foundation supported development of two functional CDFIs in Cleveland over the last two years. We have also recently been approved to formalize our microenterprise work in our...
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July Article: “Funding Successful Collaborations” by Jane Wei-Skillern

By Tim McCarthy

July 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: I recently met Professor Wei-Skillern at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business where she was teaching a class in social enterprise with Rick Aubry of New Foundry Ventures...
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July Quote:

July 1, 2012

“Do not depend on the hope of results. When you do the sort of work you have taken on, you must face the fact that your work may apparently be...
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June Case History:

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2012

Editor’s note: Below you’ll find a link to Kiva.org’s 2011 annual report. Started only in 2005, any person (me included) can go onto this site and “connect” to a third...
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June Article: Finding Your Funding Model” by Peter Kim, Gail Perreault, & William Foster

By Tim McCarthy

May 31, 2012

Finding Your Funding Model” by Peter Kim, Gail Perreault, & William Foster Excerpt : Many nonprofit leaders seek reliable funding but are not sure how best to pursue it. Four...
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May Case History:

By Tim McCarthy

May 3, 2012

Editor’s note: The video link below takes a look at how StudentMentor.org is helping college students achieve their dreams. StudentMentor.org , a ground-breaking national mentoring organization, has been invited to...
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Andrew Harvey

By Andrew Harvey

May 3, 2012

“If you're really listening, if you're awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact; your heart is made to break; its purpose is to...
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