Our critics bristle at the idea of (carefully) applying techniques from the business world to the nonprofit sector. A report released today by New Philanthropy Capital, one of the leaders of the philanthrocapitalism movement, shows that such complacency is misplaced and even, in these tough economic times, downright dangerous. “‘Merger’ is a dirty word in the charitable […]
Mike spoke today at the Royal Society of Arts in London (a podcast of the event will appear shortly), which itself was a product of one of the past golden ages of philanthropy in England during the 18th Century. Indeed, the RSA was one of the pioneers of ‘incentive prizes’, which have been rediscovered by […]
One of the biggest differences between the non-profit and for-profit worlds is the lack of any significant mergers and acquisitions between non-profits. Starting a non-profit is easy; getting rid of an unnecessary or underperforming one is far harder than it ought to be. As a result, there is massive duplication of effort, excessive competition (especially […]