
Design Thinking and Strategic Philanthropy Case Study
Download Raikes Foundation Case Study Nadia Roumani, Paul Brest, and Olivia Vagelos This is a case study of how human …

Integrating Capacity and Strategy
If you care about the performance of nonprofit organizations and their ability to deliver on their goals over time, this …

Problem Solving, Human-Centered Design, and Strategic Processes
Paul Brest, Nadia Roumani, Jason Bade This essay sets out a framework for integrating conventional problem solving and strategic planning …

The Emergence of Digital Civil Society
Lucy Bernholz, Chiara Cordelli, Rob Reich Introduction How are market forces, public policies, and digital technologies changing nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, …

Innovate and Scale
By Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos Organizations need the ability to both scale up successful innovations and create new ones, even …

How Philanthropy is Influencing Education Reform in the United States
A program with Rob Reich, Faculty Co-Director as the moderator of a panel including Wendy Kopp, Founder and President of …

Organizational Capacity for Continuous Innovation
Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair This document is the outcome of a joint project between the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil …

Anything Goes: Approval of Nonprofit Status by the IRS
Rob Reich, PACS Faculty Co-Director The IRS approved more than 50,000 new organizations as 501c3 nonprofits in 2008. It has …

Logic Models: An Overview
Basic information on logic models, curated by Paul Brest The strategic infrastructure of a nonprofit organization consists of: An articulation …

Philanthropy Educators Symposium
Maxim Thorne, Lecturer at Yale College, Yale Law School, Yale School of Management, on what of American philanthropy is uniquely …