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You may know the Web site Kiva.org for its groundbreaking use of microloans, which allow Americans to loan as little as $25 at a time to small busines...
Julia Moulden | Posted 07.21.2009 | Living
New Radicals are appearing in each field, every sector, and around the world.
Bob Harris | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business
Metaphorically, micro lending is not giving someone a fish, and it's not teaching someone to fish; it's helping a fisherman patch a hole in his rowboat so he can get on with life.
Valerie Tarico | Posted 06.14.2009 | Living
Nonbelievers are coalescing into moral communities which, when freed from the constraints of dogma or proselytism, invest themselves in doing good for goodness sake.
Juliette Powell | Posted 06.08.2009 | Business
'Crowdfunding', a spin on 'crowdsourcing', is the latest funding opportunity at a time when our funding institutions are failing.
Janet Kinosian | Posted 05.23.2009 | Living
For as little as $25, anyone in the world can log on to kiva.org and loan an entrepreneur somewhere in the world the money to improve their business.
Tom Watson | Posted 05.03.2009 | World
The world economic crisis tends to sharpen the focus at this year's Skoll confab, nicknamed the 'Davos of Social Entrepreneurship.'
Jack Hidary | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style
Think your are helping the economy by buying some holiday gifts? Instead of giving more stuff to your relatives and friends that they don't need, d...
Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living
America's economic downturn presents a daunting double-edged challenge to charitable organizations. Hard times mean that more people than ever will be in need of help -- and that fewer people will be in a position to help.
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Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 10.14.2009 | Impact