This week I had the pleasure of attending the Wharton Social Impact Conference. The panel on impact investing was informative; the panel on social entrepreneurship was inspiring. Among those speakers on the latter panel: Leila Janah of Samasource and Erin Gruwell of Freedom Writers Foundation. MTV made a movie based on Erin's experiences. Check out the trailer here.
This week's tweets:
- Philanthropy: Open-data advocates: IRS has released an electronic database of Form 990 data for all returns filed in 2012 – link
- Ellis Carter: Top Ten Tips for Preventing Theft and Embezzlement
- Nonprofit Law News: Raising Funds for Nonprofits: Key Legal Issues, Common Pitfalls & New… link | by Venable LLP
- Gene: Maximizing Legal Protections for Directors of Nonprofit Corporations – link
- Law Firm for Nonprofits: What if high admin costs could cause your nonprofit to lose the ability to take deductible donations? link
- Kate Barr: Too often, financial info does not serve the board. What do they need, and when? Steph Jacobs blogs for Nonprofit Assistance Fund – link
- Alice Korngold: Which of these 4 factors do you think are most essential for effective nonprofit corporate governance? link
- Alice Korngold: One of my old faves: Beyond Oversight: The Duty of Imagination
- James McRitchie: Writing minutes that protect your directors [Ed. Nonprofit boards need to think about this too.]
- McKinsey on Society: What It Means To Be A Philanthropist — Gen Xers and Millennials Weigh In
- Social Venture Network: Great myth-busting from Net Impact CEO Liz Maw: link [Ed. We love Liz.]
- The New York Times: Is Giving the Secret to Getting Ahead?
And here are a few highlights from the Wharton Social Impact Conference:
- Evil prevails when good people do nothing. – Erin Gruwell
- Making money while doing no evil – that's a really low bar. What about making money while doing good? - Nikhil Arora, Back to the Roots [Ed. Nikhil, also known as one of The Mushroom Guys, was by far the coolest dude in the room – check out their story here.]
- No shortage of solutions, but shortage of leadership. - Jill Vialet, Playworks
- Proud to have done this (create and operate Samasource) as a nonprofit. – Leila Janah
- By pushing social entrepreneurs into homeruns, are we missing out on singles & doubles? – Attendee during Q&A