Author Archive:
Lucy Bernholz
In search of digital civil society around the world
I recently had the opportunity to discuss the role of digital data and my ideas about digital civil society in Beijing, China and São Paolo, Brazil. Some reflections: Beijing – the day before this photo …
Blueprint 2014: Philanthropy and the Social Economy learns from Europe
For the fifth annual Blueprint forecast I finally got up the courage to venture beyond the US. Since publishing the first one, I’ve expanded my lens to focus on philanthropy and the social economy. This …
Good (and not so good?)
Huzzah to Brad Smith for this post on the Brave New World of Good. Stop. Go read it. Then come back here. (Please) Brad does an important job of describing the new ‘sandbox’ of good. The tag …
Crowdfunding healthcare
First came GlobalGiving, DonorsChoose and Kiva. These platforms brought crowd giving/lending to new heights. They also represent a trajectory of increasingly narrow area of focus for the platforms – GlobalGiving funds development projects internationally, DonorsChoose …
Evaluation at the Hewlett Foundation
The Hewlett Foundation recently posted an internal working paper on evaluation on its website. I love this – an internal working paper posted on an external website (helloo, sharing!) The paper is well worth …
Data-first philanthropy
Once upon a time we used paper maps to plan our road trips. Then came GPS systems, which were at first installed only in the most expensive cars. Then GPS became commonplace and even came …
Data dividends
Have you heard of the design company Threadless? You may know it as a t-shirt company. Or the former home of the Obama campaign’s current CTO, Harper Reed. Or you may never have heard of …
Where good happens
‘What’s up this weekend?’ I asked, reaching around my friend to the sugar packets while trying to stay out of the way of the long line of Friday-excited coffee purchasers behind me. ‘Volunteering. Hacking,’ she …
A hybrid foundation
According to Steve Case, the hottest topic for discussion at the second annual meeting of The Giving Pledgers was impact investing. This puts some emphasis on an idea that was raised at our recent ReCoding …
The most transparent grantmaker
Twitter made my day when I received this: Check out David’s blog post for what he’s up to – here’s a short list of what he’s aiming to post. ‘I commit to publishing a …
