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The Wall Street Journal reviews a new ad for Heineken beer which they say “asks beer drinkers to share their brews with others in a pay-it-forward mentality. (Think Oprah Winfrey’s “Big Give.”)”
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A response to Michael Edwards’ Just Another Emperor.
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openDemocracy collects a series of articles related to the Philanthrocapitalism debate.
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An interesting take on Big Give and how Oprah could make it a more useful, valuable show the next time around.
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My editor at the Financial Times, Lauren Foster, writes about Bet2Give and quotes Lucy Bernholz.
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Kiva now has a credit card that matches (dollar for dollar) your grants through Kiva. It also gives large cash rewards for charitable contributions. Will the Kiva Card be for philanthropists what American Express “Black” is to Hollywood?
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Recent Comments
- Adin Miller: Sean, this is an importance conversation and one I was alluding to earlier this week. There seem to be...
- Kelly Ward: Thanks Sean for both of your posts and for grounding this discussion in what’s written in the Serve...
- Jeff Mowatt: There was another strategy offered to US Gov in 2006 for development of social enterprise as a soft...
- Dan Pallotta: Sean, Sean, My fear is that “growth capital” will be used to fund program growth. That...
- Sean Stannard-Stockton: Dan, I agree re: investing in programs vs organizations. However, I’d disagree with you...
- Dan Pallotta: Great post Sean. The president says the fund will “invest in [high-performance nonprofits] to...
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Press Coverage
- 6/10/09 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Parsing Giving USA’s Numbers: a Calamity or a Relief? The Chronicle of Philanthropy highlights Sean’s analysis of the newly released national charitable giving statistics for 2008.
- 6/9/09 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Gates Foundation and Unsolicited Gifts The Chronicle of Philanthropy quotes Sean on his take on the implications of the Gates Foundation receiving unsolicited donations.
- 6/2/09 – Alliance Magazine: 2009 Council on Foundations conference Sean wrote a brief report on the 2009 Council on Foundations conference with input from Dien Yuen.
- 6/1/09 – Journal of Financial Planning: Charitable Giving in Down Times Sean is quoted in this story on why charitable lead trusts are good planning tools in a bear market.
- 5/8/09 – San Francisco Business Times: Web site promotes candid reviews of nonprofits A profile of the charity review web site Great Nonprofits quotes Sean commenting on their potential and one big hurdle.
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