Well, well. Is Jacob Harold an outstanding thinker or what? I think one of the best things about the way Jacob outlines his ideas is that he paints the possibility of a philanthropic capital/information market without invoking the idea that philanthropy needs more “business thinking”.
I’m back from vacation and while sitting in the sun I [...]
Following up on Jacob Harold’s posts, Lucy Bernholz drops me a note:
SeanThis topic is all the rage all of a sudden - see RPA’s linkages newsletter and the posts at Philanthropy2173 on “data, data” everywhere. Just want to invite you and your readers to join the online discussion group that formed to talk through these [...]
(Sean Stannard-Stockton is on vacation. This is a guest post from Jacob
Harold, a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.)
This week I’ve been discussing the nonprofit marketplace. I’ve argued that this marketplace would benefit from better information about nonprofit performance. One post discussed the supply of information and another the demand [...]
(Sean Stannard-Stockton is on vacation. This is a guest post from Jacob Harold, a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.)
Imagine there was a perfect database of nonprofit performance information. Would donors actually use it to make decisions? With apologies to Kevin Costner, would they calmly walk out of the cornfields [...]
(Sean Stannard-Stockton is on vacation. This is a guest post from Jacob Harold, a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.)
It’s easier to figure out which inkjet printer to buy than how to write a smart check to fight homelessness. In an information age, philanthropy is caught in a strange kind [...]
Seth’s Blog: I need to build a house, what kind of hammer should I buy?
Given Jacob Harold’s focus on tools and my similar focus on tactics, I thought that this post by Seth Godin was worth noting. I doubt that Seth would disagree with Jacob’s and my points, but this post is still worth noting
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GlobalGiving Launches First-Ever ‘Green’ Scoring for Social Entrepreneurs & Development - MarketWatch
Effective international development needs to raise incomes without boosting carbon footprints. But each individual project will likely focus on the income side. Now GlobalGiving is rating carbon footprints and creating an incentive for donors.
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(Sean Stannard-Stockton is on vacation. This is a guest post from Jacob Harold, a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.)
They say that if all you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail. Let me add: if you have a toolbox, the whole world can look like an opportunity. [...]
I’m going on vacation next week in the California wine country and the place my family is staying at only has dial-up web access. *Gasps of fear from the audience*. So while I’m gone, I’ll be handing over Tactical Philanthropy to Jacob Harold, a program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Jacob works [...]
The GiveWell Blog » The GiveWell Pledge
GiveWell announces an innovative new model for charity research funding.
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Social Capital Markets - Where Investors and Entrepreneurs Converge
The SoCap08 conference is getting great buzz. Quite a list of speakers. I’ll be in attendance.
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The Bradley Center for Philanthropy & Civic Renewal >William Schambra: The View from 1313
Bill Schambra [...]
A Portrait of Art As a Tax Deduction - WSJ.com
Mike Spector profiles the changing tax landscape of art related giving.
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San Francisco Chronicle Woman’s idea saves thousands of Nepalese girls
Meredith May profiles a woman who used culturally specific knowledge and harnessed the power of self-interest to have a radical impact on a village in Nepal [...]
Recently I wrote about “low hanging fruit” in philanthropy and why as much as I like theoretical debates, philanthropy needs to focus on the basics. Renata Rafferty asked me if I meant “basic” basics or “philanthrocapitalism “basics”. I meant real nuts and bolts basics.
At my firm Ensemble Capital I’ve helped clients partner with larger foundations, [...]
A program of conscience — baltimoresun.com
The Baltimore Sun profiles Social Solutions “Efforts to Outcomes” software offering.
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The Thorny Problem of Donor Intent : Philanthropy Action
Tim Ogden looks at Leona Helmsley’s massive gift to support dogs and the implications for the debate over donor intent.
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Banking on Social Change – Seeking Financial Solutions for All | [...]
One of the core lessons of financial markets is that you can only increase returns by increasing risk (you can be more talented than other people at any given level of risk, but the level of risk is the primary determinate of long term returns). I’ve been talking for a long time about why the [...]
Charity Cases - WSJ.com
The Wall Street Journal profiles social networking philanthropy (and notes Social Actions, quite a feat for such a new start up!) hat tip Nathaniel Whittemore
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