Since our recent recession, I have been continually reminded that there is no amount of philanthropic or civic investment that can replace a robust economy and citizens hard at work. That’s why both personally, and through the Case Foundation, we...
Fellows Friday is a weekly series on the TED Blog that profiles one TED Fellow each week. We have asked the Fellows to answer our question below to share their knowledge and advice with other social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers who...
OpenIDEO is a community that brings together human-centered design methods with a web-based platform to tackle social issues. It’s a platform that deliberately addresses the question: Is a crowd better at solving problems than just a small team or...
Back in April, the Case Foundation and the White House teamed up for day long strategy session aimed at promoting innovation in the public sector through the use of prizes, challenges and open grant making. The idea was that leveraging the use of...
Fellows Friday is a weekly series on the TED Blog that profiles one TED Fellow each week. We have asked the Fellows to answer our question below to share their knowledge and advice with other social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers who...
Whether it’s social innovation or the innovation economy, most folks agree that the key in igniting transformative breakthrough must be innovation and the innovators behind them. That’s the idea at the heart of the Obama Administration’s newly...
We are proud to support the TED Fellows program, because we truly believe in giving a voice and platform for social entrepreneurs, innovators, and changemakers, like the Fellows, who are coming up with big ideas that can change the world. The...
Nonprofit video contests are great. I think they are the most interesting type of online contests, and not just because I like watching YouTube videos. Aside from giving thousands of nonprofits a platform to tell the stories of their hard work and...
The benefits of crowdsourcing for crisis information were brought into the limelight in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake, when Ushahidi, a platform originally developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout in...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Social Innovation Fund discussion turns into a "kerfluffle"
A few weeks ago, the Nonprofit Quarterly published this...
The 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is taking place September 17, 2010 at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Themed “BIG Citizenship: Citizens as Catalysts and Innovators,” the conference will explore the powerful role...
We're proud today to release a new report as part of our “Case Studies” from the spring gathering, Promoting Innovation: Prizes, Challenges and Open Grantmaking, a daylong strategy session we co-hosted along with the White House Office of Science...
As the world's attention increasingly focuses on the difficult situation in Pakistan in the wake of devastating floods that have affected more than 17 million people in the country, you may be looking for ways to help. We wanted to share a few...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Charity:Water launches September birthday campaign
On Monday, Charity:Water launched its fourth annual September...
Intern with us! We are looking for energetic and talented college students with a passion for civic engagement and philanthropy to join us for the fall semester at The Case Foundation. If you or someone you know fits the bill, please read on or...
It’s the year 2010, aren’t we supposed to have flying cars by now? And teleports? If you were to ask me 20 years ago what the future would be like, I would have told you about moon colonies, not Twitter.
To be sure, the techvolution in information...
It was practically inevitable. You surely saw Shakira’s “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” dance at some point this summer. Besides being featured at the World Cup 2010 opening and closing ceremonies, the Colombian singer’s African-inspired pop hit...
Human trafficking is a serious problem. It's been estimated that 27 million people exist in some form of slavery today, and with perpetrators of trafficking raking in over $32 billion a year and going largely unpunished, it's hard to see a solution...
At the Case Foundation we spend much of our time working with various influential leaders in the fields of philanthropy, civic engagement and innovation, but some of the most inspiring young heroes are right here working at our side every single day...
It is important to us to support the DC community, and one of the most effective ways we have done this is by investing in Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) and their portfolio of grantees. We're excited to share their latest announcement - an...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
This week we're featuring the "lite" edition of the news roundup - sharing links to stories we tweeted and talked about...
Edward Norton says, “If you don’t give back, no one will like you.” He was the Incredible Hulk and leader of Fight Club, so I’d listen if I were you.
I was surprised to see Ed Norton making appearances at various conferences during Internet Week...
We’ve all seen the advertisements: “Text WATER to 38279”, “Text FOOD to 18732”. You pull out your phone, you send a text, and VOILA! you’ve made a $5-10 donation.
Its simple, quick and easy, and it requires next to no effort. Heck, you don’t even...
For professionals in philanthropy, June 9 was important this year because it was the official launch date of “The Numbers”* - Giving USA 2010, The Annual Report on Philanthropy. Because of its 54-year history of proven accuracy, Giving USA has...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
IPO of Indian microfinance firm raises questions about ties to Unitus
A few weeks ago in the weekly roundup, we...
I took years of history and American government in school, but it wasn’t until I interned on Capitol Hill that I found myself really remembering facts and names about the people, players and process – and actually getting inspired about how...
Two months ago on the Social Citizens blog, Kristin Ivie wrote about the then-new non-profit Panera opening in Clayton, MO. Describing the new Saint Louis Bread Company Cares Cafe’s (SLBCCC) pay-what-you-want (PWYW) model, she raised several...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Inaugural Social Innovation Fund grantees selected
Yesterday, the Corporation for National and Community Service...
After just experiencing the third heat wave in the New York/DC area, summer is surely in full swing!
And, the best part of summertime for students is … no school! But, what are you going to do with all that free time?
Youth Service America put out...
A celebrity endorsement brings a familiar name and face to a cause and broadens the audience for other potential participants.
Take a look at what Ashton Kutcher and others are doing to promote their causes through GQ's Gentlemen's Fund....
Dressed to Give readers know I love highlighting businesses that are giving back in style.
I've blogged about shoe companies and boutiques that have made giving back a part of their business model, and I've been thrilled to see an upsurge in...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Assessment & Reflection on 2009 America's Giving Challenge
Yesterday, we were very excited to publish the 2009...
After closing out the 2009 America's Giving Challenge late last year, which raised more than $2.1 million from 105,000 donations for nonprofits (in just 30 days) we made a commitment to conducting in-depth research to better understand the impact...
The other day, a friend asserted that all of the volunteer management tools out there seem to be geared towards either helping individuals in large cities find volunteer opportunities or are set up for large organizations with time and resources to...
Congratulations to our chairman, Steve Case, who was named yesterday by U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as co-chair of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
As stated in yesterday's press release, which announced the...
How old were you when you first changed the world?
Most of us start volunteering in high school or college. We find meaningful jobs later in life and donate to our cherished causes. If that’s you, the Staples Youth Social Entrepreneurship...
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.
Questions linger as Unitus ceases microfinance operations
In an announcement that seems to have taken many people by...
Last week, we were honored to have so many experts in our office to help us uncover the special recipe for winning online contests.
Fresh off of their tour for their new book, The Networked Nonprofit, Beth Kanter and Allison Fine dropped in to...
Growing or scaling an organization and its impact in any sector is hard. All leaders face the day-to-day challenge of operations - what one of my heroes has called "the constant grind to get folk to do what they agreed to do."
In the nonprofit...
Thanks to everyone who participated in our iPad™ giveaway for Father's Day!
Because of the great feedback we received from our Mother's Day giveaway and the inspiring stories of our winners, we wanted to make sure all the great dads out there had a...
We're so fortunate to be based out of the nation's capitol, where we are surrounded by reminders of democracy and independence - whether it be the government buildings and agencies, national monuments, or countless rallies and protests.
Best of all...
We have spent a lot of time talking about the power of video in driving success for nonprofit organizations and are excited to report on a new tool, which will help nonprofits cross a crucial threshold in their online video strategy: the YouTube...
Did you know today is Social Media Day? Yup, Mashable declared it so.
It may be obvious for the tech world to embrace social media so whole-heartedly, but it has been even more exciting for me to see the nonprofit world embrace it, especially right...
Not so much.
After an energizing and star-studded opening plenary for the National Conference on Volunteering and Service at the Radio City Music Hall yesterday, I went to a session, titled End of Nonprofits (as we know it). Clearly many others...
My colleagues, Michael Smith and Kari Saratovsky, and I are presently at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in New York City (along with over 5,000 other attendees!). There is so much great information coming from this conference...
At this moment, some of our nation's greatest thinkers are gathered in Washington, DC to help solve some of the most pressing issues related to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at TEDxOilSpill. You can be a part of the conference by ...
We’ve spent a great deal of time here at the Case Foundation trying to convince institutions and individuals alike to embrace citizen-centered solutions. We’ve supported citizen-centered initiatives ranging from community building to nonprofit...
The conversation of pro bono from the legal sector has caught fire in the corporate sector during the last two years as corporations look for new ways to positively impact the nonprofit sector.
The increasing number of corporations seeking out...
To continue our series on nonprofit network building, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the amazing diversity of people we had at the table a few weeks ago. They had all sorts of interesting and different professional backgrounds from community...
In the past few months we have talked a lot about Citizen-Centered Solutions, and particularly the use of online challenges by organizations such as Pepsi, Chase, the Knight Foundation and others; organizations with larger budgets, staffs and...
You've read the AGC Conversational Case Studies blog posts, commented on the online discussion, and now you can participate in a CaseSoup session about online contests with Allison Fine, Beth Kanter, and Scott Beale of Atlas Corps.
As part of our...
