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August 2008
Mapping the way decision makers interact could hasten the introduction of vaccines.
March 2008
In Nigeria, Kenya, and elsewhere, the private sector already serves more than 40 percent of the people in the lowest economic quintile. With the right investments, it could do even more.
February 2008
Richard Haass says that businesses have much to learn from government as they compete in an increasingly complex global landscape.
November 2007
Addressing Africa’s health workforce crisis is a formidable task. Yet McKinsey’s experience in the region suggests ways to make headway.
December 2006
By correcting some flaws, global health partnerships can save even more lives in desperately poor countries.
February 2006
Indonesia and Sri Lanka faced the monumental task of rebuilding once their immediate needs were met. Their experience could help other countries respond to disasters.
December 2004
Business plan competitions are a powerful way to help nonprofits turn ideas into sustainable commercial ventures.
May 2004
The federation structure remains a viable model for nonprofit organizations—if managements transform themselves and affiliates collaborate more closely.
Corporations aren’t alone in focusing on governance; rigorous oversight of management and performance is increasingly important for nonprofits too.
February 2004
Fee-based services could help hospitals provide better care for all patients.
A portfolio of investments in socially responsible companies can generate returns similar to those of the S&P 500.
A senior executive of the Annie E. Casey Foundation discusses the contentious issues facing 21st-century philanthropy.
Alumni represent a deep reservoir of time, money, and talent. Here’s how nonprofit organizations can foster enduring relationships with them.
November 2003
By closely managing corporate partnerships, nonprofit organizations can ensure that they receive the goods and services they need.
June 2003
The key for charitable organizations hoping to achieve their goals more quickly and efficiently? Collaboration.
Foundations are endowed with intellectual as well as financial capital. Now is the time to use it.
Teach For America learned the importance of building organizational capacity the hard way.
June 2002
Former senator Bill Bradley argues that foundations and nonprofit organizations can benefit society best by paying out more of their money now rather than stockpiling their assets for later distribution.
May 2002
By offering comfort and convenience to people willing to pay for them, nonprofit hospitals could finance better care for everyone.
February 2002
Society pays a price when foundations and nonprofit organizations stockpile their assets. Donors should ask not just how, but how soon, their gifts will be used.
December 2001
Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater is undergoing its own Russian revolution.
July 2001
Relief organizations have a mission close to home: improving their own efficiency and accountability.
Public funding for the arts leads to more than just a vague cultural improvement; it yields concrete—and enormous—economic benefits.
Nonprofit organizations should consider creating wealth rather than merely redistributing it.
Economic development plans are a dime a dozen. A new approach makes it possible to create concentrations of high-tech businesses where they didn't exist previously.
A customer-focused reorganization of the Illinois Department of Human Services provides lessons for other public-sector and nonprofit agencies about how to improve efficiency and service.
A second revolution in American philanthropy is under way. But if it is to transform the nonprofit sector, donors will have to make better-informed decisions.
May 2001
Every nonprofit organization should measure its progress in fulfilling its mission, its success in mobilizing its resources, and its staff's effectiveness on the job.
February 2001
Nonprofit organizations should focus on building a lasting organization and on developing effective performance metrics. To make this possible, donors must change their approach to philanthropy.
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