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Receiving the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Last October, I had the pleasure and honor to visit the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, to accept on behalf of Benetech the 2011 CASE Award for Enterprising Social Innovation (ESI). We are grateful for CASE’s recognition of Benetech's work.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Charity and government support remain crucial but are insufficient to address the magnitude of the task at hand. Solving basic social problems requires a level of sustainable investment that donors and government cannot provide alone. Social enterprise models may well offer an answer.

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4 Examples Proving Nonprofits Should Offer Trust as a Service (TaaS)

Whole Whale

Like the stickers are for food delivery, the trust as a service model is a great opportunity for most businesses today. The model is defined by two mains steps. Historically, the trust as a service model has been used to grow businesses, get new customers, and set industry service/safety standards.

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Research Friday: Social Impact Bonds: A New Tool for Scaling Impact

ASU Lodestar Center

This kind of phenomenon can be seen in a 2011 joint report from Social Finance, Inc. Social service and nonprofit programs have traditionally been supported through philanthropy and government contracts. The last five years has seen shrinking funds from both the government and philanthropic sectors due to a recession economy.

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Research Friday: Human Capital Performance Bonds. What are they? How do they work?

ASU Lodestar Center

Calls for scaling have been amplified by the recent economic recession, which brought increased demand for social services coupled with shrinking government dollars. But a structural problem remains: philanthropy does not typically have available capital for scaling. HF 681, March 23, 2011).

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Imagine the benefit to society when we go from solving less than five percent of a social problem to most of it, while using less money! Challenges and Opportunities I am highly optimistic about the opportunity to solve the accessibility problem through innovative applications of technology. In the U.S., But, it’s not the only one!

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday Guest Post: "State of.

ASU Lodestar Center

Disclaimer Friday, March 25, 2011 Research Friday Guest Post: "State of the Sector 2011: All quiet on the nonprofit front" posted by Angela Francis , Senior Associate Nonprofit Finance Fund Welcome to Research Friday ! This is an area where both grantees and their funders could aim to make great strides in 2011.