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Learning a Thing or Two from Venture Capitalists
A recent blog post by Aaron Hurst of the Taproot Foundation got us thinking about how we’d design a foundation, particularly how we’d incorporate some best practices of venture capitalism to ensure social ROI.
It has been striking recently how... Read More
Will Jumo become Facebook for social change?
Facebook co-founder and My.BarackObama.com alum Chris Hughes announced the soft launch of Jumo, a new philanthropic start-up that works to match people with appropriate causes.
The Jumo home page announces Hughes’s mission to “bring together... Read More
One small vote for big change
American Express and Take Part have teamed up to present the 2010 Members Project. Congratulations to a number of Commongood Careers clients for earning a spot in the competition: DonorsChoose.org, Kiva.org, Jumpstart for Young Children, Year Up.... Read More
Educational Organizations are Hiring!
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), many jobs in educational services are growing “much faster than average.” The BLS reports, “[The] overall demand for workers in educational services will increase as a result of a growing... Read More
Nonprofits are small business employers too
Last week, an article in The Nonprofit Quarterly caught our eye. In a whip-smart expose, writer Tim Delaney discussed the failure of the Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) to acknowledge nonprofits as small employers. In short, a recent CEA study... Read More
Want to know who’s hiring? Follow the money.
Forbes recently ran an article, cheekily titled Get Paid to Be a Do-Gooder, highlighting nonprofit career options. While it isn’t exactly news that people can earn a living in the nonprofit sector (in fact, over 15 million Americans do every... Read More
