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How a Foundation Manages Strategic Change
McKinsey Quarterly (On-line Edition), September 2006
When the Atlantic Philanthropies decided to spend its entire endowment by 2020, it faced huge challenge. Its success provides an example for institutions contemplating transformative change.
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The UN's Role in Corporate Social Responsibility
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Number 4
The UN Global Compact has become a major force prompting corporate social responsibility, but not enough U.S. companies are participating.
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Easing Coffee Farmers' Woes
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Number 2
Coffee is and will remain a commodity. For many coffee farmers, the only way up is out.
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Investing in Society
Stanford Social Innovation Review
William F Meehan III, Derek Kilmer, and Maisie O'Flanagan

McKinsey consultants from the firm's Nonprofit Practice explain why we need a more efficient social capital market, and how we can get there.
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Building Better Foundations
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Number 1
A senior executive of the Annie E. Casey Foundation discusses the contentious issues facing 21st-century philanthropy.
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Corporations as Global Citizens
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2004 Number 1
Global corporations and the developing countries where they invest actually have symbiotic objectives.
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Art for More Than Art's Sake
The McKinsey Quarterly Anthology, A New Era for Nonprofits (2001)
Public funding for the arts leads to more than just a vague cultural improvement; it yields concrete–and enormous–economic benefits.
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Working Together to Accelerate New York's Recovery
The New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce Assesses the economic impact of September 11th on New York City across several industries.
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A Path Forward for Camden
Prepared for the Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2001
The purpose of this study, prepared by McKinsey, is to provide a framework for stakeholders.
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Surviving an Economic Crisis
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2000 Number 4
Financial crises like those that afflicted East Asia and Russia present governments with a herculean task of restructuring–but also with an opportunity to bring their financial systems into line with world systems.
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Fast Lines at Digital High
The McKinsey Quarterly Anthology, A New Era for Nonprofits (2001)
Computers have transformed work. They could also transform education.
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Knowledge Management Comes to Philanthropy
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2003 Number 2 Organization
Foundations are endowed with intellectual as well as financial capital. Now is the time to use it.
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Putting Citizens On-Line, Not In-Line
The McKinsey Quarterly Anthology, A New Era for Nonprofits (2001)
Electronic government can provide faster, more convenient, and more accurate services that will improve the lives of the people.
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Controversy Incorporated
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2002 Number 4
Companies that address the social concerns surrounding contentious markets may well find the effort rewarding.
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For Nonprofits, Time is Money
The McKinsey Quarterly, 2002 Number 1
Society pays a price when foundations and nonprofit organizations stockpile their assets. Donors should ask not just how, but how soon, their gifts will be used.
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Blueprint for Emergency Preparedness
"Blueprint for Emergency Preparedness" was created for the Greater Washington Task Force on Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness and designed to improve the effectiveness of nonprofit disaster management.
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