The Great Bay Foundation’s newest grantee is the Smokey House Center, an organization that for the past 34 years has taught middle and high school students real world skills in the areas of science, math, ecology, communications, reading, writing, problem solving, critical thinking, responsibility, and teamwork. On 4,500 acres of land used for farming, [...]
‘Social Entrepreneurship’ is becoming commonplace in MBA programs across the country. Schools are recognizing students’ interest in social-sector management topics and the growing trend of MBA graduates seeking to use their educations to “make a difference.” The Foster School of Business at the University of Washington has gone one step further: it holds [...]
Sliders, Sinkers, and Adam and Eve on a Raft!
15 Jul
Posted by Elizabeth as Organizations, Publications
Social Enterprise comes in a multitude of permutations, but we found one of the most provocative in this recent New York Times article, Youthful Offenders Restoring Luster to Diners of Old. The article describes a unique program in which offenders at the Rhode Island juvenile detention center are working to restore four vintage diners for [...]
As the fields of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise develop in practice, it is imperative that the academic theory related to these fields evolves as well. The Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) is one publication well known and respected for providing consistent research and practice-based knowledge to readers who are working to make the [...]
Idealware: Meeting Nonprofits’ Technology Needs
08 Jul
Posted by Travis as Grantee Network, Organizations
The effective use of technology has become vitally important to a nonprofit’s ability to achieve its mission. Yet as nonprofit technology needs increase, so do the many software options available to meet those needs. How are nonprofits supposed to choose among the many choices and identify the solution(s) that is/are right for them? [...]
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