Lessons in Financial Management Pay Off for Chicago Charities
The Wallace Foundation’s effort to help afterschool groups learn to strengthen their organizations is helping them survive the tough economy and improve the quality of their programs.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Narrower Focus Helps City Year Win Grants and Increase Its Impact
City Year now throws all of its efforts into curbing the school dropout rate and is drawing more grants and better results.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Fund to Promote Innovation in Philanthropy
The North Carolina group hopes the money will draw attention to new approaches to social problems and help it expand.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits Find Delicious Opportunities in the Food-Truck Craze
Nonprofits are creating mobile farmers’ markets, nurturing small businesses and calling attention to social needs and cultural events.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Donor Helps Push Innovation at Wharton
A $2.7-million gift to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will push ideas from the classroom out to the real world.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The Polar Bear Revolution Will Be Televised
An environmental group hopes its Web-cam project will move viewers to take action against climate change.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Innovation Roundup: McKinsey Sponsors Video Contest
The consulting company puts out a call for social-innovation videos, and Fast Company starts a new Web site highlighting new approaches to tackling tough problems.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Roughly 1 in 7 Foundations Holds Mission Investments
Larger foundations are more likely to seek both social and financial returns.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Playing Devil’s Advocate for the Greater Good
The U.S. Army has assigned teams to challenge assumptions by commanders and staffs, to question decisions, and to present alternatives—a practice that has been copied in the fight against polio.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
At a nonprofit ideas conference, a Harvard researcher explains how certain body postures lead to hormonal changes that increase confidence and encourage risk taking.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor