Author’s note: This is the second in a series of articles regarding the mistakes I’ve made in developing our foundation over these first 14 years.  A friend recently sent me a book titled, “Success Always Begins With Failure”.   I love that title and hope that my failures shared will give you some tips for your own giving journey. [more]

Editor’s Note:  The following article, picked up from Divine Chocolate’s website www.divinechocolateusa.com outlines a brand I ran across a few years ago.  I was trying to figure out how to bring products from our partner IPM to the USA and saw this brand had built to over $15 million of sales in England.   Looking more deeply, it’s one of the earliest social enterprise stories around I’ve heard.  I hope you enjoy. [more]

Published: economist.com | Jun 9th 2011 | NEW YORK | from the print edition
http://www.economist.com/node/18802844

This is my first article for our new website. I intend to dedicate most of my first year of writing for the site to sharing what I’ve learned as I grow in service to others.

Partner for the Greater Good
Written by Abby Callard
Published: BeyondProfit.com, May 19, 2011

Written by: Lucy Bernholz
Publishes: philantropy.blogspot.com May 26, 2011
http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2011/05/value-of-human-capital.html 

Engaged philanthropy is a never ending journey of learning how best to make a positive impact in the organizations we serve.  I have learned some important lessons along the way. [more]

Disseminating Orphan Innovations
written by Susan H. Evans & Peter Clarke
Published: Stanford Social Innovations Review, Winter 2011

Written By Peter Coy
Published: Bloomberg | Businessweek, Feb 10,2011
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine

Written By Urban Samurai
Published: urbansamurai.com October 12, 2010
http://www.urbansamurai.com/2010/10/perfect-parenting-2/