Kate Macarthur

Julia Stasch, president of the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is borrowing from the startup world's agile approach to solve big social problems. In March, she formally...

Call One, a Chicago-based telecommunications technology firm, is making a big bet that friendly rivalry combined with data make companies more generous in their charitable giving. Founder Craig Foster launched...

Chicago-based The Ving Project is giving teenagers a chance to give $1,000 to someone of their choosing who is in need. The project wants to "spark the next generation of...

Chicago-based nonprofit Moneythink is trying to end financial illiteracy in the U.S. one lesson and one social media post at a time. In Fall 2014, it launched a mobile app...

Natalia Oberti Noguera believes women have more power to change the world than just by volunteering or writing a check to a charity. In April 2011, she founded New York-based...

Good leaders understand what their organizations need in order to grow. Sometimes that means replacing yourself as the leader. GiveForward co-founders Desiree Vargas Wrigley ? and Ethan Austin are finding...

The digital manufacturing institute on Goose Island is in fast-growth mode, putting UI Labs CEO Caralynn Nowinski Collens ? and her staff on an accelerated path to change. The Digital...

The transition from doer to leader can be challenging. For adman Tony Weisman, it was a career crisis. Weisman spent his first 19 years in advertising climbing the ranks at...