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The Business of Philanthropy
Jack Andrew | The Financial Times
07/05/2007
This piece explores how New Profit has become part of a growing group of intermediaries helping wealthy people find purpose and make a difference through their philanthropy.
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TAGS: New Profit, Philanthropy
Student at Risk? He Can Help. He's Been There.
Lary Bloom | New York Times
05/06/2007
Lary Bloom profiles Amistad Academy's dean William Johnson who inspires students with his journey from New Haven's most impoverished and violent neighborhood to earning a masters degree and returning to New Haven to give back to his home town community.
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TAGS: Current Investments
Disruptive Innovation for Social Change
Clayton M.Christensen | Heiner Baumann, et al. | Harvard Business Review
12/01/2006
In this article Professor Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School and Heiner Baumann, formerly of New Profit, make the case for using the principles of disruptive innovation to identify and support organizations that have the best chance of creating new solutions to social challenges.
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TAGS: New Profit, Social Innovation
43 Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World
Cheryl Dahle, et al. | Fast Company
12/01/2006
Nine of New Profit's portfolio organizations are featured in this article that profiles 43 of the top social entrepreneurs in the world.
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TAGS: Current Investments
Schooling Corporate Giants on Recruiting
Patricia Sellers | Fortune
11/27/2006
This piece explores how Teach For America, a New Profit past investment, built a mighty recruiting machine that corporations angle to partner with to recruit top talent who are committed to community service.
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TAGS: New Profit, Past Investments
The New Engines of Reform
David Gergen | U.S. News & World Report
02/20/2006
In this article David Gergen highlights Vanessa Kirsch, President and Founder of New Profit, and other social entrepreneurs who are reforming the way social change happens in America.
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TAGS: New Profit, Social Entrepreneurship
Social Capitalist Awards: 25 Entrepreneurs Who are Changing the World
Cheryl Dahle | Fast Company
02/01/2006
Nine of New Profit's portfolio organizations are featured in this article that profiles 25 of the top social entrepreneurs in the world.
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TAGS: Current Investments
Three Keys to a Successful Social Enterprise
Bill Shore | Compass Magazine
10/01/2005
This article explores how new philanthropic models like New Profit, are helping nonprofits move toward innovation by selecting investments on the basis of performance measures.
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TAGS: New Profit, Philanthropy
The Growth Capital Market in the U.S.
Heiner Baumann | Alliance Magazine
03/01/2005
In this article, Heiner Baumann, formerly of New Profit, explores why the developing growth capital market for social entrepreneurs does not adequately meet their needs.
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TAGS: Capital, New Profit
The Change Masters
Cheryl Dahle | Fast Company
01/01/2005
Five of New Profit's portfolio organizations are featured in this article that profiles 25 of the top social entrepreneurs in the world.
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TAGS: Current Investments
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