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How Using Data Drives Success in Corporate Citizenship
Thursday, February 5, 2015
In the 2014 State of Corporate Citizenship report, conducted by the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, findings point to three crucial elements for corporate citizenship programs that succeed in creating business and social value: selection, integration, and duration. Each of these phases of a corporate citizenship program is most successful when it is informed by good data.
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In Times of Corporate Troubles, Altruism Helps
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Whether it’s banks or oil companies, big corporations rolling out sweeping do-gooder public relations campaigns in response to a scandal seems to be a textbook play. Research shows that undertaking outreach initiatives - specifically ones geared toward the public and not just shareholders - are an effective, if not tangible, way to rebuild trust after a scandal.
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Who Needs CSR Anyway?
Thursday, January 29, 2015
The emerging concept of shared value and corporate social responsibility are often depicted as two separate aspects of a business. In this opinion piece, Tim McClimon of American Express Foundation argues that they should be perceived as being in a ‘both/ and’ relationship, rather than ‘either/ or.’
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Corporate Philanthropy Increases Workers' Productivity
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
According to a U.K. study, when workers are given a social incentive such as a charitable donation linked to their job, their performance increased by an average of 13 per cent. (For employees initially rated as least productive, the gains were as much as 30 per cent.) The most increased performance resulted from allowing participants to choose how much of their performance-related pay they would opt to share with a charity, and how much they would keep.
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How to Maximize Your Social Impact
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Business leaders are usually quite familiar with the world of metrics, standards and measurement as it’s how most gauge the success of their business and how they compare themselves to industry benchmarks. Their nonprofit partners don’t enjoy the same environment. This article explains some ways you can help them measure their impact.
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Nice Companies Finish First
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Which organizational values guide the strategies and philosophies of the most admired firms in the world? According to a recent study of the past five years’ 50 most admired companies, financial growth ranks surprisingly low and is never such organizations’ predominant focus. Instead, corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerges as the foundation of leading companies’ corporate blueprints. .
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New Research: The Philanthropy Outlook 2015-2016
Thursday, February 26, 2015
A new publication, The Philanthropy Outlook, from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University shares a research-based forecast of how much philanthropy can be expected to grow over the next two years. It covers giving by individuals, foundations, estates and businesses, and provides contextual analysis of the factors that can affect each kind of philanthropy. It may be downloaded free of charge here.
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Nonprofit Capitalization: Taking The Plunge Together
Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 8:30am
The Philanthropy Forum at GSPIA, GWP, The Forbes Funds and Greater Pittsburgh Nonprofit Partnership (GPNP) are collaborating to present a series of programs focused on investing for greater impact. The first session, held in January 2015, explored the topic of impact investing/mission investing. In this second session, we will consider deeper capitalization strategies.

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