Philanthropy
Jessica Jackley is a cofounder of Kiva, a nonprofit based in San Francisco that allows people to lend small amounts of money to borrowers throughout the world. Since it was founded in October 2005, Kiva has initiated loans to more than a million people, including a seamstress in Paraguay, a...
What inspires people to act selflessly, help others, and make personal sacrifices? Each quarter, this column features one piece of scholarly research that provides insight on what motivates people to engage in what psychologists call "prosocial behavior" — making charitable contributions, buying...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – Former Cisco CEO and philanthropist John P. Morgridge will address graduates of the Stanford Graduate School of Business during its graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 16, 2012. A graduate of the business school himself, he will be the third alumni speaker...
The disturbing reality that an estimated 1 billion people in the world live on less than $1.25 a day—and another 2.5 billion on less than $2 a day—has for decades fueled efforts from governments and nonprofits to help tackle global poverty. Businesses, large and small, are getting on board, too,...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — After a successful career as an investment banker, Lola Nashashibi Grace decided it was time to use her business skills to help Palestinian children and women.
Grace chose the West Bank village of Beit Rima for her pilot program, which began in 2007 as...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Social entrepreneur Rupert Scofield says people in the world's poorest nations can relate to what's driving Occupy Wall Street demonstrators to the streets of the United States.
"Their basic message is: 'This system doesn't work for us anymore. It's not...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Agricultural ventures in communities dependent upon subsistence farming carry plenty of risks and potentially unpleasant surprises. Crops can turn out disappointingly skimpy or low quality, sometimes because the farmers are completely inexperienced with...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—For millions of people across Africa, motorcycles can be a key to effective health care. Vaccines, HIV counseling and treatment, and other public health expertise are out of reach—with access obstructed by shortages, poverty, geography, and lack of...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - Your husband says he wants a woodworking router for his birthday but you really think he'd be more impressed with a pair of 50-yard line football tickets. Guess again.
When it comes to gift giving, most people are simply not paying enough attention to what...
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—Charitable giving may be a $300 billion industry in the United States, but for nearly all nonprofits encouraging donations is the number one challenge. Recent research from the Stanford Business School shows that nonprofits can benefit financially by prompting...