Andrew Youn: Farm Aid With an M.B.A.
His business degree at Northwestern and experience as a management consultant have helped him teach hundreds of thousands of farmers in East Africa to improve their productivity.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bob Filbin: Counting Texts, Saving Lives
His early research related to extraterrestrial life was fun, but this scientist found more fulfillment analyzing crisis-line data to multiply the efficiency of counselors.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Caroline Whistler: Dividends for Doing Good
The social-impact-bond pioneer played a leading role in establishing two of the seven U.S. pay-for-success projects now in operation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Dominik Mjartan, Money in the Bank for All
The leader of a community finance nonprofit serving one of the poorest regions in the nation takes extra steps to make sure the people most in need are getting help.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
David Lubell: Putting Out the Welcome Mat for Immigrants
The founder of Welcoming America is helping Dayton, Ohio, and other communities see the value in embracing newcomers.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Henry Timms: Reimagining Influence
The leader of 92nd Street Y and founder of Giving Tuesday thinks and cares deeply about how power is distributed and used within organizations and within society.
By Allison Fine and Guest Contributor
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg: $45 Billion to Change the World
After rocking the philanthropy world with the sheer size of their pledge, the Facebook co-founder and his wife outline an unusual plan for the money that has raised hopes — and a few eyebrows.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Lateefah Simon: ‘Moving at the Speed of Twitter’
The teen mother got her first nonprofit job at 17, counseling young women on the streets of San Francisco. At 26, she won a MacArthur “genius” grant for her methods of helping poor young women of color.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Liesel Pritzker Simmons: All In on Impacting Investing
Her Blue Haven Initiative is a laboratory to answer the question: What happens when a family uses its wealth prudently to optimize its social and environmental impact?
40 Under 40: Young Leaders Who Are Solving the Problems of Today — and Tomorrow
Philanthropy has long suffered the reputation, rightly or wrongly, that it is a stuffy, formal field of conservative approaches. No more. The nonprofit world today is getting pulled in all directions by a host of new ideas about how work for the common good can be carried out and financed.
Notable Philanthropy Books of 2015
Larissa MacFarquhar explores what drives extraordinarily generous people, David Rieff explains the limits of technology to do good, and Peter Singer urges donors to look beyond personal passions when they give.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Literacy Nonprofit Expands With Book Sales and More Goods
First Book, a charity founded 23 years ago in Washington, D.C., to foster early reading among low-income children, has grown into a sophisticated national organization offering discounted as well as donated books and a growing array of supplies for disadvantaged households, The Washington Post writes.
Learning From Mistakes Crucial in Spend-Down of Facebook Fortune, Chan Says
The young philanthropist said in an email interview with The Chronicle that she and her husband, Mark Zuckerberg, will measure progress over decades to achieve desired results.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Billions at Stake as IPO Charity Set-Asides Become Routine
After years of sporadic interest, the technology start-up community is embracing the practice of setting aside company stock before going public, creating the potential for windfalls for nonprofits.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Ford’s $190 Million Renovation Carries Message About Philanthropy
President Darren Walker rejects “intimidating and hierarchical” architecture in favor of a space that feels welcoming to nonprofits and other foundations.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Pay-for-Success Financing: Anatomy of a Deal
In the second of three video briefings, experts share advice on pay-for-success financing.