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Is Social Enterprise new? The Uncivil Society thinks it is not. Draper at Ashoka has been working on it for 20+ years. But what is new is the attention that is being paid to it. That in effect makes Social Enterprise “new”. The internet was invented well
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In a world where Carlos Slim in Mexico is richer than Bill Gates, the US probably won’t dominate philanthropy for long.
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The mainstream media is getting much more serious about covering philanthropy. Contribute Magazine is one of the new philanthropy magazines I spent time highlighting last year.
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Lucy Bernholz’s phrase “embedded giving” goes mainstream as the New York Times credits her with coining the term.
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The Case Foundation is offering prize money for online giving. The New York Times quotes Beth Kanter of Beth’s Blog.
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More on the globalization of philanthropy.
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Wow. Today’s the day to write about global philanthropy. More from the NY Times.
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Mainstream coverage of a foundation trying to seek out effective (not low expense ratio) nonprofits.
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Press Coverage
- 12/19/08 - Wealth Manager Magazine: Charitable Leanings Sean is quoted in this story about private foundations and donor advised funds.
- 12/19/08 - Wall Street Journal: Evaluating the Charity Evaluators Tactical Philanthropy is referenced in this article as a good resource to learn about rating charities.
- 11/23/08 - The Washington Post: New Way To Rate Charities Sought Sean is quoted in a story about the Working Group for Effective Social Investing.
- 11/19/08 - FORA.tv: The Tactical Philanthropy Forum FORA.tv covers the Tactical Philanthropy Forum featuring Paul Brest and Bill Somerville.
- 11/17/08 - San Francisco Chronicle: Entrepreneur blogs about charity’s money woes The story of FORGE and how it went viral after being featured on Tactical Philanthropy.
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One Comment
Hi Sean,
I wanted to let you know about the Nonprofit December Giving Carnival. Deadline to submit your post is Dec. 20th.
Here is the link,
http://christopherscottblog.typepad.com/blog/2007/11/december-giving.html
Let me know if you have any questions.
Christopher S.
http://www.ChristopherScottblog.com