Comments on: The Future of Foundations http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2985 Sean Stannard-Stockton Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:08:35 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2985 Thanks for stopping by David. Good luck with your exchange. Keep us in the loop as you get out of beta. Thanks for stopping by David. Good luck with your exchange. Keep us in the loop as you get out of beta.

]]> By: David Kam http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2960 David Kam Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:42:13 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2960 We are setting up North America's first social stock exchange connected to a green social network at: http://greensx.com, which will be launched in the Summer of 2008 to begin trading. It will trade shares in social businesses. A social business is a business that makes a profit, but benefits society as well. We have a triple bottom line (economic + social + environmental). Since all the listed companies on the exchange are pre-screened, evaluated, and audited according to social and sustainable guidelines set by the exchange, it will make it much easier for green investors to find and support social businesses. The GREENSX provides opportunities for small green Issuers to access public equity capital efficiently, while providing early stage investors, angel investors, and venture capitalists with greater liquidity. We have been working on the Green Stock Exchange, even before Muhammad Yunus's book came out. We have not made any press releases yet, so nobody knows about it yet. It is still in the beta stage testing. Check it out at: http://greensx.com. We are setting up North America’s first social stock exchange connected to a green social network at: http://greensx.com, which will be launched in the Summer of 2008 to begin trading. It will trade shares in social businesses. A social business is a business that makes a profit, but benefits society as well. We have a triple bottom line (economic + social + environmental).

Since all the listed companies on the exchange are pre-screened, evaluated, and audited according to social and sustainable guidelines set by the exchange, it will make it much easier for green investors to find and support social businesses. The GREENSX provides opportunities for small green Issuers to access public equity capital efficiently, while providing early stage investors, angel investors, and venture capitalists with greater liquidity.

We have been working on the Green Stock Exchange, even before Muhammad Yunus’s book came out. We have not made any press releases yet, so nobody knows about it yet. It is still in the beta stage testing. Check it out at: http://greensx.com.

]]> By: Sean Stannard-Stockton http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2644 Sean Stannard-Stockton Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:16:04 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2644 Thanks Melissa, Glad to have you in the conversation. Thanks Melissa,
Glad to have you in the conversation.

]]> By: Melissa Stevens http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2639 Melissa Stevens Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:46:24 +0000 http://tacticalphilanthropy.com/2008/01/the-future-of-foundations#comment-2639 With the uncertainty of today?s financial markets, discussion of the future?s ?social stock exchanges? is most welcomed! FasterCures is an action tank dedicated to accelerating medical solutions by removing the barriers that slow discovery and development. We work with a number of nonprofit disease research organizations in our TRAIN network (The Redstone Acceleration and Innovation Network) and have witnessed some of the trends expected to emerge and drive these social stock exchanges. For example, we work with several disease groups that are proactive in seeking scientists to lead targeted research efforts rather than waiting to administer awards to investigator-initiated projects. We also know that philanthropists are interested in ?third party evaluation firms [providing] regular reports? about nonprofit groups. In response, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we are developing the FasterCures Philanthropy Advisory Service. The Philanthropy Advisory Service will identify and characterize opportunities to support nonprofit medical research and will provide that data to foundations, philanthropists, and their financial advisers through both publications and direct consulting services. We envision a service in which experienced market research analysts will develop a screening tool to create an ?investment grade? level of information regarding the nature, potential impact, and probability of success of various disease research organizations? efforts. For more information about the Philanthropy Advisory Service please access http://www.fastercures.org/sec/meria With the uncertainty of today?s financial markets, discussion of the future?s ?social stock exchanges? is most welcomed! FasterCures is an action tank dedicated to accelerating medical solutions by removing the barriers that slow discovery and development. We work with a number of nonprofit disease research organizations in our TRAIN network (The Redstone Acceleration and Innovation Network) and have witnessed some of the trends expected to emerge and drive these social stock exchanges. For example, we work with several disease groups that are proactive in seeking scientists to lead targeted research efforts rather than waiting to administer awards to investigator-initiated projects.

We also know that philanthropists are interested in ?third party evaluation firms [providing] regular reports? about nonprofit groups. In response, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we are developing the FasterCures Philanthropy Advisory Service. The Philanthropy Advisory Service will identify and characterize opportunities to support nonprofit medical research and will provide that data to foundations, philanthropists, and their financial advisers through both publications and direct consulting services. We envision a service in which experienced market research analysts will develop a screening tool to create an ?investment grade? level of information regarding the nature, potential impact, and probability of success of various disease research organizations? efforts. For more information about the Philanthropy Advisory Service please access http://www.fastercures.org/sec/meria

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