Bill to Promote Social-Impact Bonds Has Support in High Places
The legislation would appropriate $300 million for state and local pay-for-success contracts.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Live Stream: Watch the 2015 Global Philanthropy Forum Meeting
Eleven sessions from the three-day conference will be available free online starting Wednesday.
The Other Side of Storytelling: Listening
StoryCorps founder and 2015 TED Prize winner Dave Isay believes a genuine conversation can make a difference – and his group has created an app to facilitate those talks.
By Paul VanDeCarr
Contributor
Let’s Get the Common Good Back in the Conversation About Innovation
The controversy over the Council on Foundations’ session touched off anger about the technocratic bent permeating philanthropy.
By CYNTHIA GIBSON
Contributor
Walkathons Losing Ground to New Breed of Charity Events
Offbeat events and online stunts are draining the popularity of traditional springtime fundraisers like marches, runs, and bike-athons, NPR reports, citing a recent study by a professional fundraisers’ group.
HashtagCharity Looks to Connect Tech Pros With Nonprofits
A new company matches IT professionals with organizations that need their skills, a service that may be particularly helpful to smaller nonprofits.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Gen Zers Who Are Making a Difference
Four people ages 20 or younger who are already changing the world.
By Brennen Jensen
Contributor
Nonprofits Struggle to Use Scientific Data in Their Fundraising
Lack of staff and hard-to-read academic studies, plus the risk of alienating donors, often get in the way.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Why One Charity Gave Up On a Scientific Experiment
Smile Train raised a lot of money when it offered donors a chance to avoid future appeals, but the group dropped the scientifically proven technique so it could do more to reach out to supporters.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Goodwill in Your Lobby? Giving Made Easy for City Dwellers
The Bay Area charity has rolled out its first fleet of sensor-equipped receptacles to make drop-off and pickup more efficient.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Scientists to Charities: You’re Doing It All Wrong
Researchers say a poor understanding of donor behavior costs nonprofits money.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
The sex-toy retailer and “father of family planning” long ago lost patience with charity inefficiency. But he’s set a good example in the three charities he’s founded.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Science Can Answer Big Questions
New studies could help charities raise more money and avoid accepting conventional wisdom that is flat-out wrong.
By John List
Contributor
Hospitals Seek to Save by Tackling Poor Patients’ Daily Needs
Looking for new ways to contain health-care costs, medical systems across the country are experimenting with programs to help the neediest patients deal with daily problems before they mushroom into expensive hospital treatment, writes The New York Times.
Helene Gayle to Lead Nonprofit Started by McKinsey
The chief executive of CARE USA has been named the first leader of a nonprofit that has received $70-million from the consultancy.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Urban Institute Gets $8.4 Million to Help Measure Pay-for-Success Programs
The grant by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation will provide web tools and research to aid charities, government officials, and donors.
By Alex Daniels
Senior Editor, Foundations