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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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August Quote: Steve Jobs

August 2, 2012

“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple....
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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 Newsletter: “Like Marriage, Business Takes Work” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

July 1, 2012

My experience says there are several reasons that business partnerships are like marriages: 1.  When you stop talking, the partnership dies – even if it appears to be alive Some...
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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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The Real Mad Men
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The Real Mad Men

By Seth Andrew Cracknell

July 1, 2012

Editor’s Note: I worked in an Interpublic Group advertising agency from 1979 to 1987. And so I was on Madison Avenue after the period covered by AMC’s hit show, Mad...
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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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April Newsletter: “Reaching for the Middle (Part 1)” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

March 31, 2012

Author’s Note:   This is the first of the last two installments of my 12 month/article journey through “lessons from building a foundation”.   I promised last month that the...
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April Quote:

March 31, 2012

“Life does not consist mainly – or even largely – of facts and happenings.   It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever blowing through one’s mind.”...
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The World America Made
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The World America Made

By Robert Kagan

March 31, 2012

Editor’s note:  I went back and forth on featuring this book due to Kagan’s known conservative credentials and the books rambling nature.  But in the end, two ideas, one past...
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Southern Cross
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Southern Cross

By Crosby, Stills & Nash

March 31, 2012

  Editor’s note:  The Southern Cross is a constellation long loved by sailors.  The song is one of the early, more obscure Crosby Stills and Nash songs but is one...
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February Newsletter: “My Kingdom for a Leader” by Tim McCarthy

By Tim McCarthy

February 2, 2012

This is the 9 th in a series of 12 articles about mistakes I’ve made and lessons I’ve learned building a non-profit foundation since 1997. Leadership is the most written...
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Case History for February:

By Tim McCarthy

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note: The attached overview of a cool non-profit in Austin, TX, intrigues me for two reasons – 1. It’s a great mission we’re working on too and 2. It’s...
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February Article: “Recovering from Information Overload” by Derek Dean and Caroline Webb

By Tim McCarthy

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note:  Thanks to my good friend and article-watcher, Ron Dimattia, for passing this onto me.  I’ve never been a big Clinton fan and yet his point of “charity” alone...
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February Quote:

February 2, 2012

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication…nature loves simplicity and unity.” Steve Jobs
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Warmth of Other Suns
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Warmth of Other Suns

By Isabel Wilkerson

February 2, 2012

Editor’s note:  First of all, I never considered six million African-Americans relocating from the “Jim Crow” south to the industrial north and west from 1930 to 1960 as one of...
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January Quote:

January 1, 2012

“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” Charles Darwin
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