“To achieve workplace equality, we need to redesign organizations — not the women who work in them,” former Stanford PACS Ph.D fellow, Priya Fielding-Singh, and...
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Philanthropy in East Asia
Philanthropy in China has grown exponentially in the past decade, bringing with it a rush of international interest and engagement...
October 8th, 2018
Stanford Humanities Center
Book Launch – Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy
Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy Interview with co-authors Paul Brest and Hal Harvey Moderated by Laura...
October 1st, 2018
SIEPR Conference Center - John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Building
Stanford PACS on Social Media
Paul Brest and @hal_harvey reflect on the changing intellectual currents among philanthropists and philanthropic organizations, and share their hope for the future of #philanthropy. Read the @HistPhil post https://t.co/nScoltM9It and buy their book https://t.co/8z3ZooBGVo
A problem with #philanthropy is that it’s “looking for the magic bullet” packaged in proposals from charismatic leaders. Instead, suggests @claybornecarson, find community organizations already producing successful change and “give money without a proposal.” #SSIRInstitute
Latest Publications
Research Paper
Fake News and Misinformation
Designing for Strategic Philanthropy (Chinese Version)
By Paul Brest and Nadia Roumani
Book
Organizational Poisedness and the Transformation of Civic Order in Nineteenth-Century New York City
Victoria Johnson and Walter W. Powell
Article
Serve or Conserve: Mission, Strategy, and Multi-Level Nonprofit Change During the Great Recession
Aaron Horvath, Christof Brandtner, and Walter W. Powell
News
Why Women Stay Out of the Spotlight at Work
“To achieve workplace equality, we need to redesign organizations — not the women who work in them,” former Stanford PACS...
Spotlight Series: Claire Dunning
Claire Dunning recently completed her postdoctoral fellowship, studying how and why small nonprofit organizations are at the forefront of American...
Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos Receive ONE Book Award from AOM
Johanna Mair and Christian Seelos, co-authors of Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It, receive the ONE Book...
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