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Matthew Bishop, the author of Philanthrocapitalism, argues that "A Tarnished Capitalism Still Serves Philanthropy". Look folks, capitalism ain't going away. There has always been boom bust cycles. We'll clean up this mess and than at some point in the future, the economy will get itself in some kind of new mess that none of us can yet imagine.
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The Bridgespan Group has launch a wonderful new website with a wealth of information for philanthropists and nonprofits. I've rarely seen a site where as I navigate around I find I want to click on almost every link!
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An excellent story by Stephanie Strom looking at how philanthropists have gotten much more vocal about their causes.
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The Taproot Foundation has joined with Wells Fargo to offer nonprofits strategy consulting "service grants" (ie. free consulting, if you're selected). Good strategy can be a lot more valuable than a cash grant. Nice project.
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Cool concept. Check out the video.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched the new Knight Pulse website. This project is the work of Kristen Taylor, the foundation world's first "online community manager". Interesting site with a great video-heavy blog.
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Kelly Kleiman is back to regular posting on The Nonprofiteer blog.
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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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