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How Smart Tech Is Transforming Nonprofits
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleAutomation and AI can free up staff in fundraising, communications, finance, and service delivery efforts. -
Reimagine Your Nonprofit to Survive the Crisis
Organizational Development Digital ArticleFour key areas to focus on: impact, people, finances, and community. -
A New Approach to Funding Social Enterprises
Finance & Accounting Magazine ArticleAn increasing number of social entrepreneurs and investors are realizing that social enterprises of all sorts, including many organizations regarded as... -
Lofty Missions, Down-to-Earth Plans
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleMost nonprofits make program decisions based on a mission rather than a strategy. They rally under the banner of a particular cause. And because their... -
Luxury Branding Below the Radar
Sales & Marketing Magazine Article"Inconspicuous consumption"--elite consumers' affinity for discreet rather than traditionally branded luxuries--has become a global phenomenon. Work by... -
How Philanthropists Can Diversify Their Grantmaking Portfolios
Investment management Digital ArticleIt’s about creating a balance of grant types, categorized by operations, growth, and risk. -
Should Your Business Be Nonprofit or For-Profit?
Organizational Development Digital ArticleThe right model for social impact is both. -
Mining Gold in Not-for-Profit Brands
Sales & Marketing Magazine ArticleNonprofits are putting hard numbers on the value of their brands, many of which consumers trust highly. Such organizations are hoping brand valuation... -
Should Nonprofits Seek Profits?
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleTwenty years ago, it would have been shocking for a children's choir to sell singing telegrams or for an organization serving the homeless to dabble in... -
Working on Nonprofit Boards: Don't Assume the Shoe Fits
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleContrary to popular perception, business people can be benevolent. For instance, one recent study notes that four-fifths of all Harvard Business School... -
What Happens When a Company (Like Patagonia) Transfers Ownership to a Nonprofit?
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThis form of ownership may be new in the U.S., but it's relatively common in Europe. -
Life's Work: Salman Khan
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleAn interview with the pathbreaking online educator Salman Khan. -
The Emerging Capital Market for Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhy is it that effective business start-ups frequently grow into corporate giants, but effective new nonprofits rarely reach national scale? Because,... -
How Companies Can Partner with Nonprofits
Business and society Digital ArticleDone well, these partnerships can boost growth, shareholder value, and societal impact. -
How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleLooking ahead to Davos. -
Should Your Start-up Be For-Profit or Nonprofit?
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleYears ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those... -
Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAs U.S. nonprofits take on an increasing share of society's work, they face mounting pressure from stakeholders - donors, boards, employees - to show... -
Fulfill the Dream of Leading a Nonprofit
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThinking of a second career in the social sector? You're not alone. And your current employer would be wise to help you train for it. -
Multiplication Philanthropy
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they support are using donations as effectively...
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Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Financing Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: A Nonprofit Caught in the Middle
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In November 2001, an Indian non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the lives and housing of the slum-dwellers of Bombay (Mumbai) learned... -
The Robin Hood Foundation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial... -
Health Care Center for the Homeless: Changing with the Times
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Bakari Burns, CEO of the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH), located in Orlando, Florida was faced with the daunting task of rebranding the organization... -
Leading Through Influence at Scale: Open Source Security at the Linux Foundation
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit consortium of devoting to supporting the worldwide ecosystem of open source software (OSS) developers. While... -
Change Without Compromise (B): The Growth of NorthRidge Church
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brad Powell, the newly hired senior leader of a Christian church, must lead the organization to reverse a three-decade decline and return to fulfilling... -
Robert Little and the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details In the late 1980s, the way New York City cared for thousands of its abused and neglected children underwent an unplanned shift. The impetus for the change... -
Do We Shop Until We Drop?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Tom White, President of Wildcat Solutions (WS), a student run business and for-credit experiential learning class at the Inland Empire University must... -
University of Trent, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range... -
Jumpstart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Many in the nonprofit sector doubt whether organizational performance can be measured. Jumpstart, a 10-year-old nonprofit, developed performance measurement... -
Tackling Fraud and Corruption in the United Nations
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Rahul Ratna recently gave up his position in a private corporation to head a new department at the United Nations (UN), Office of Internal Oversight Services... -
Abbott and the AIDS Crisis (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 1999, the 20-year-old AIDS crisis had ravaged many developing countries and, in particular, on the continent of Africa. Of the estimated 33.4 million... -
Budget Woes and Worse Ahead... Boston's Pine Street Inn Examines Patterns of Homeless Shelter Use
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2004, Boston's preeminent homeless shelter, Pine Street Inn, faced the prospect of steadily dwindling funds for shelter services over the next few... -
From Little Things Big Things Grow: The Clontarf Foundation Program for Aboriginal Boys (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case focuses on the growth of an innovative non-profit institution that motivates aboriginal children to attend school by harnessing their love of... -
NGO Microfinance in the Tibet Autonomous Region, Epilogue
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details In 1998, the Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF), a small, US-based non-governmental organization, launched an initiative to bring the benefits of microfinance... -
Code.org
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case explores Hadi Partovi's mission to provide every K-12 student in the United States the opportunity to learn computer science. Students can assess... -
For the Love of Laundry: Comparing Organizational Forms to Scale a Social Enterprise
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details The London, Ontario, social enterprise For the Love of Laundry was founded in 2014 with the intention of selling homemade, eco-friendly soaps and using... -
Empowerment Through Integration: Scaling Up and Financial Sustainability
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In early 2017, the chief executive officer of Empowerment through Integration, a not-for-profit organization based in the United States and also operating... -
Strategic Moves and Tough Choices: The Campaign Behind New Jersey's 'Ban the Box' Law
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2012, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice-an NGO dedicated, in large part, to criminal justice reform-led a campaign to enact a new state law... -
Too Many Parents? Part A: Governance of Boston's Rose Kennedy Greenway
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details This case study examines-through the lens of governance structure-the evolution of the Central Artery (or "Big Dig") in Boston, a public works project...
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Strategic Planning on a Military Air Station: Calm Skies or Turbulence Up Ahead?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details This disguised case provides a strategic plan devised and used on a military base. Senior officers clarified their strategy, outlined capabilities needed,... -
Financing Slum Rehabilitation in Mumbai: A Nonprofit Caught in the Middle
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In November 2001, an Indian non-governmental organization dedicated to improving the lives and housing of the slum-dwellers of Bombay (Mumbai) learned... -
The Robin Hood Foundation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Created by hedge fund and financial managers, the Robin Hood Foundation fights poverty through grants to nonprofit organizations. As the global financial... -
Health Care Center for the Homeless: Changing with the Times
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Bakari Burns, CEO of the Health Care Center for the Homeless (HCCH), located in Orlando, Florida was faced with the daunting task of rebranding the organization... -
Leading Through Influence at Scale: Open Source Security at the Linux Foundation
Management Case Study8.95View Details The Linux Foundation (LF) is a non-profit consortium of devoting to supporting the worldwide ecosystem of open source software (OSS) developers. While... -
Change Without Compromise (B): The Growth of NorthRidge Church
Organizational Development Case Study5.00View Details Brad Powell, the newly hired senior leader of a Christian church, must lead the organization to reverse a three-decade decline and return to fulfilling... -
Robert Little and the Kinship Fostercare Program in NYC
Technology & Operations Case Study5.00View Details In the late 1980s, the way New York City cared for thousands of its abused and neglected children underwent an unplanned shift. The impetus for the change... -
Do We Shop Until We Drop?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Tom White, President of Wildcat Solutions (WS), a student run business and for-credit experiential learning class at the Inland Empire University must... -
University of Trent, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Focuses on two issues: 1) technical systems that can be employed in nonprofit organizations for control and motivational purposes. Systems discussed range... -
Jumpstart
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Many in the nonprofit sector doubt whether organizational performance can be measured. Jumpstart, a 10-year-old nonprofit, developed performance measurement...