The National Audubon Society has been shaking things up, and drawing a lot of philanthropic attention as a result. Changes have included a bunch of organizational and tech improvements, but one of...more
OXFORD, England – In this ancient college down, 1,200 of the world's top social entrepreneurs, thinkers, innovators and funders gathered here for the Skoll World Forum amid Oxford University's...more
A social enterprise energy ecosystem that increases the accessibility, affordability and sustainability of renewable energy for the poor... Step forward the six winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for...more
Speaking at the Skoll World Forum in Oxford on Thursday, Foote said “With funding from the IKEA foundation and a few other donors, we have piloted gender equity grants up to $20,000 to particularly...more
Called the Audacious Project, TED's newest venture is an experiment in “collaborative philanthropy. ... Direct support from TED's coterie of influential idealists can save organizations from the...more
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – The successor to the TED Prize has raised $250 million from the Skoll Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Virgin Unite, the Dalio Foundation and others...more
TED Talks on Wednesday launched a joint-venture philanthropic initiative under the name “The Audacious Project” that certainly is audacious for the amount of money committed to ... “This is a...more
President Jimmy Carter was addressing a gathering of 1,500 social entrepreneurs from across the globe at the opening session of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship, taking place this...more
The project invites donors to pool resources and work together in the hope of creating a collective model of philanthropy that mimics the way in which startups are funded, so projects can be “more...more
TED, the nonprofit known for its hugely popular video lectures—or TED Talks—and the TED Prize, which annually awarded $1 million to social entrepreneurs aspiring to solve global problems in...more
Midsize businesses are tapping into the social business market because large companies do not need the help of start-ups to create a “social technology stack.” But a social business stack cannot generate revenue by itself.