This ongoing, free course introduces the strategic framework that underlies any social program–whether concerned with health, education, drug abuse, or...

Taught by Bill Meehan

Giving away money well-i.e., achieving genuine planned impact in a measurable way–turns out to be as hard or harder than...

Taught by Bill Meehan

This course seeks to provide a survey of the strategic, governance, and management issues facing a wide range of nonprofit...

Taught by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen

Appropriate for any student driven to effect positive social change from either the for-profit or nonprofit sector, Strategic Philanthropy will...

Taught by Paul Brest and Mark Wolfson

The course will be structured around the perspective of a foundation or a high net worth individual who has decided...

Taught by Paul Brest

GSB graduates will play important roles in solving many of today’s and tomorrow’s major societal problems—such as improving educational and...

Taught by Bruce Sievers

What is the basis of private action for the public good? How are charitable dollars distributed and what role do...

Co-taught by Woody Powell, Rob Reich, Paul Brest

Year-long workshop for doctoral students and advanced undergraduates writing senior theses on the nature of civil society or philanthropy. Focus...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz and Divya Siddarth

This class will instruct students in the political economy of software and digital infrastructure as they relate to civil society...

Taught by Lucy Bernholz and Rob Reich.

We participate in our communities in many ways – as neighbors, volunteers, voters, donors, members of local organizations (PTAs, churches,...