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Foreword

BILL DRAYTON Founder & CEO, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public August 1, 2010   Many people sense that society’s problems are multiplying faster and faster—and that they are outrunning the solutions. The answer lies in the hands of two groups of…

The Charity Ecosystem

Chapter 20: The Charity Ecosystem
Cultural and structural issues have led the charity world to be less effective than what we might be used to in the commercial world. But the winds of change are blowing. The nonprofit sector is gradually and surely moving from…

Case Study

Chapter 19: Case Study
As the largest and most controversial charity in Singapore for several years, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is replete with examples of nonprofit paradigms, and why they work or do not. The NKF saga refers to a July 2005 scandal…

Nonprofit Qwerties

Chapter 18: Nonprofit Qwerties
Taking its name from the alphabet layout on the keyboard, the “Qwerty” effect has come to be used in the business world to describe the practice of continuing with outdated and sub-optimal, but perhaps “good enough,” methods. The reason for…

The Rich / Poor Divide

Chapter 17: The Rich / Poor Divide
In our capitalist world, the rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Charity is meant to redress this uneven balance between rich and poor. Unfortunately, the gravitational forces that favor the well-off continue to do so in the charity world.…

Social Enterprises

Chapter 16: Social Enterprises
In their search for financial sustainability, nonprofits are increasingly turning towards profits. Social enterprises, or businesses with a social mission offering a variety of products and services, are mushrooming. Despite the apparent unfair business advantage of grants, donations and widespread…

Social Entrepreneurship

Chapter 15: Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurs effect systemic, large scale social change through innovative approaches. Studies of social entrepreneurs find and emphasize similarities with business entrepreneurs. But it is the one crucial difference between the two that determines their methods and impact – money.…

Philanthropy

Chapter 14: Philanthropy
Today’s philanthropists are heeding Andrew Carnegie’s advice: Give away your fortune while you are still alive, or die rich and die disgraced. While the size of their mega giving has captured the public imagination, it is really the boldness and…

Volunteerism

Chapter 13: Volunteerism
It is a common perception, both within and outside the nonprofit sector, that volunteers are simply no more than free labor. Such a view underestimates the true value of volunteerism. When you cut to the chase, it all boils down…

International Giving

Chapter 12: International Giving
International giving is on the rise. A key reason for this is that modern technology and the media in an increasingly globalized world have helped to educate citizens in the developed world about the plights of those living in poorer…

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