Compassion and commerce
Iqbal Z Quadir
Rethinking scale

Compassion and commerce

Iqbal Z Quadir
1 June 2010
Alliance magazine

In recent years, philanthropy has taken cues from the practices of business and venture capital: follow benchmarks; seek measurable results; provide intellectual capital, not just money; experiment with new approaches. Yet principles of commerce can guide us beyond the administration of philanthropic dollars and shape the social results philanthropists seek.

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