NICOLE WALLACE, Author at Chronicle of Philanthropy

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

Innovation

A Star Turn for Little-Understood Banking Groups

The Opportunity Finance Network hopes that a new partnership with Starbucks will help raise the profile of organizations that offer banking services in low-income communities.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

Applying Design Thinking to Health Care

Health care could benefit from design’s focus on customer needs, the co-founder of a research initiative at Harvard Medical School argues in The Atlantic.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

Ideas Conference Will Stream Live This Week

PopTech’s annual meeting brings together people with a diverse areas of expertise to talk about social change.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

‘Disruptive Forces’ Face Nonprofits

A new report details emerging trends to which social-service groups will have to adapt and urges organizations to put aside the “bunker mentality” they took during the downturn.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

News

Foundations Urged to Seek Social Returns on Investments

Two nonprofit experts argue in a new book that the sharp distinction between money that is invested for financial returns and charitable gifts to solve social problems is anachronistic.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

A Design Firm Creates a Nonprofit Arm to Help Charities Get Better Results

IDEO, a consultant to companies like Apple and Bank of America, is showing nonprofits how to reach out to beneficiaries before designing new aid approaches.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor