Numerous programmatic, practical, and legal issues confront nonprofit organizations and their counsel when pursuing public-private partnerships. For charitable nonprofits and their lawyers, legal analyses uniquely begin with how collaborations facilitate pursuit of charitable purposes and...

The article contends that entrepreneurship and philanthropy have much more in common than money. Entrepreneurship and certain approaches to philanthropy share perspectives on opportunity recognition and risk taking. More importantly, however, America's entrepreneurial and philanthropic...

There is a heightened lack of clarity and understanding about the new U.S. business forms both in terms of theory and practice, especially with regard to relative priorities of social good (or the absence thereof), decision-making, and meaningful accountability thereto (or the lack thereof). As...

Social enterprises (SE) emerge where there are opportunities to find new ways to balance otherwise competing interests and to achieve social purposes in ways that are better than and distinct from traditional approaches. Understanding whether the zoo and its elements are achieving these...

Demand and opportunities for combining pursuit of profit and social, green impact are increasing. The public sector and both aspects of the private sector – for-profit business and tax exempt, charitable enterprises – are interested in doing more and better. That includes both sectors...

This article demonstrates that social business models do not meaningfully prioritize or impose accountability to “social good” over other purposes in ways that (a) best protect against owners changing their minds or entry of new owners with different priorities and (b) enable reliable...

This article identifies ten ways to think different and differently about detailed terms by which investment capital is provided and put to use in furtherance of targeted social/charitable purposes, outcomes, and results. The article has particular, but not exclusive, application for...