September 30, 2008 – 10:22 pm
On October 2-4 I’ll be in Cleveland at the Social Venture Partners Conference. I know that quite a few SVP members read this blog. If you’ll be attending the conference shoot me an email to let me know and we can try and connect while we’re there.
September 30, 2008 – 10:17 pm
This is my latest column for the Financial Times. You can find an archive of past columns here.
Social circles with a square deal for charity
By Sean Stannard-StocktonSeptember 30, 2008 | Original FT.com LinkGiving circles are a hot trend in philanthropy. Similar to the investment clubs of the 1990s that brought people together to talk about [...]
September 26, 2008 – 12:30 pm
President's Point of View: Ten years ago when community foundations wanted to mirror the financial services industry…
I hadn't read this before my recent posts on community foundations and commercial donor advised funds. Diana Sieger has a good historical perspective. I believe my points mirror hers (community foundations should not try to be like the commercial [...]
September 25, 2008 – 1:57 pm
#2 on my list of 10 philanthropy “surprises” for 2008 was:
“A foundation will decide to start publishing online the rationale for why it makes each of its grants. Its grantees will see increased donations from individuals who tell them they first heard of theirorganizations on the foundation’s Web site.”
Teri Behrens, director of evaluation at the [...]
September 25, 2008 – 11:34 am
A lot of people won’t like this post. That’s OK, life would be pretty boring if we all agreed all the time.
Yesterday in response to my post about how banks could start launching no minimum donor advised funds, Ruth Lando of the Community Foundation of Sarasota wrote:
Why couldn’t this be done through the more than [...]
September 24, 2008 – 3:32 pm
The newest job on the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board comes from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation:
Program Director, Education and Learning Team
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation believes in the power of thriving children, growing up in stable families that are part of strong, vibrant communities. The Foundation is unwilling to accept a second-class future for the 30 million [...]
September 24, 2008 – 12:34 pm
onPhilanthropy: Articles: The Coming Paradigm Shift in Philanthropy: It's Not About the Money
An EXCELLENT discussion of the fundamental shifts occurring within philanthropy. Susan Raymond delivers as always.
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Donors Leave the Details to a Fund - NYTimes.com
Gerry Fabrikant at the NY Times looks at the growth of donor advised funds.
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Are We Asking the Right Questions? [...]
September 24, 2008 – 9:53 am
In response to my post yesterday asking who would follow Network for Good’s lead and try to execute one of the “surprises” from my list in the Chronicle of Philanthropy, David Lynn of Social Venture Partners-San Diego writes:
We’ve been working on a plan for #8. If any other readers would like to discuss, we’d be [...]
September 23, 2008 – 12:31 pm
New Strategy Management Practice - Pro Bono Junkie's Blog
Taproot Foundation, which made its name delivering IT professionals volunteer opportunities that fit their skills, is now offering strategic management consulting. Connecting people with skills to organizations in need can produce a ton of impact.
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September 23, 2008 – 12:22 pm
Last year I wrote a piece for the Chronicle of Philanthropy about my “predicted surprises” for 2008. The idea was not to make outright predictions, but to suggest events that could happen even though they would be a surprise. My thought was to create a kind of “stretch goals” list for philanthropy. One of the [...]
September 22, 2008 – 3:08 pm
I apologize for the limited blog posts over the last week. As most of you know, my firm provides wealth management services for philanthropists. The turmoil in the financial markets over the last week has been our primary focus as we help our clients navigate this storm. Regulatory guidelines prevent me from commenting on our [...]
September 18, 2008 – 6:41 am
This week I’m reviewing the history of Tactical Philanthropy and digging through the archives. You can see Monday’s post for more background.
One of the reasons I started Tactical Philanthropy was to have a platform to talk about philanthropy with other people. As a wealth manager, my professional network was not (prior to launching the blog) [...]
September 17, 2008 – 12:31 pm
Pew Internet: Teens, Video Games and Civics
A study by Pew and MacArthur points to the potential that video games gave for engaging teens in civic engagement activities.
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September 16, 2008 – 9:20 am
I’m reviewing some of the early posts on Tactical Philanthropy this week. You can catch Monday’s posts for a little background on the history of this blog. Today I want to revisit Giving Blogs, a post I wrote on November 27, 2006. In this post I looked at the giving blog landscape and noted how [...]
September 15, 2008 – 1:33 pm
I launched Tactical Philanthropy in October 2006. Back then, philanthropy blogs were relatively few and far between. Phil Cubeta and I immediately got into a good back and forth (which is why I was a bit nostalgic over Phil’s most recent broadside). But in reviewing some of my early posts recently it occurred to me [...]
