Impact University: Nonprofit
Nonprofits/Social Entrepreneurship
How the Red Cross Raised Half a Billion Dollars for Haiti and Built Six Homes >
Elliott, J. & Sullivan, L. (2015-06-03, ProPublica): "Even as the group has publicly celebrated its work, insider accounts detail a string of failures."
The Voluntourist’s Dilemma >
Kushner, J. (2016-03-22, The New York Times Magazine): Easing global poverty is an enormously complex task. To make so much as a dent requires hard, sustained work, and expertise. Even the experts sometimes get it wrong... If smart, dedicated professionals can fail to achieve lasting progress over a period of years, how then is an untrained vacationer supposed to do so in a matter of days?
With Charity For All: Why Charities are Failing and a Better Way to Give >
Ken Stern's critique of modern American charities reveals systematic flaws in the current nonprofit model that have led to sustained ineffectuality. Stern turns his biting review of charity into a veritable guidebook of reform for both individuals looking to donate and charities looking to improve.
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