Press Room

Reporters wishing to interview Sean Stannard-Stockton or to reprint material from the Tactical Philanthropy blog should email Press (at) TacticalPhilanthropy (dot) com or call 800-708-8445. Please include your deadline and the topic you wish to discuss in your request.

 
  • 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.
  • 4/24/09 – Wall Street Journal: Helping Themselves The Tactical Philanthropy Community’s assistance to the nonprofit organization FORGE is profiled.
  • 3/13/09 – San Francisco Business Times: UC San Francisco reels in $125M donation Atlantic Philanthropies is making the first $100 million+ grant since the credit crisis hit. The story quotes Sean.
  • 2/26/09 – Fortune Magazine: Global giving: Not so bleak Sean is quoted in this story about the impact of the bleak economy on philanthropy.
  • 2/17/09 – Wall Street Journal: IRS Questions Pay Of Charity Executives In a story looking at nonprofit compensation practices Sean is quoted defending paying well for top talent.
  • 1/14/09 – Voice of San Diego: Being Nonprofit When No Profits Are Being Made This article looking at how nonprofits can deal with the recession mentions Sean and his concept of a Second Great Wave of Philanthropy.
  • 12/19/08 – Wealth Manager Magazine: Charitable Leanings Sean is quoted in this story about private foundations and donor advised funds.
  • 12/19/08 – Wall Street Journal: Evaluating the Charity Evaluators Tactical Philanthropy is referenced in this article as a good resource to learn about rating charities.
  • 12/17/08 – Wealth Manager Web Seminar: Philanthropy and the Family Sean, Page Snow of Foundation Source and Kim Wright-Violich of Schwab Charitable discuss the state of philanthropy.
  • 11/23/08 – The Washington Post: New Way To Rate Charities Sought Sean is quoted in a story about the Working Group for Effective Social Investing.
  • 11/19/08 – FORA.tv: The Tactical Philanthropy Forum FORA.tv covers the Tactical Philanthropy Forum featuring Paul Brest and Bill Somerville.
  • 11/17/08 – San Francisco Chronicle: Entrepreneur blogs about charity’s money woes The story of FORGE and how it went viral after being featured on Tactical Philanthropy.
  • 11/13/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Making a Measurable Difference Sean is quoted on the importance of nonprofits collecting data on their effectiveness.
  • 11/1/08 – Wealth Manager Magazine: The Next Wave An article by Sean about the convergence of philanthropy and wealth management.
  • 11/1/08 – Book: CauseWired by Tom Watson Sean is quoted on the supply and demand dynamics effecting Kiva.org.
  • 10/31/08 – San Francisco Business Times: Firm hands over keys to charitable financial vehicles A profile of Sean and his firm, Ensemble Capital Management.
  • 10/31/08 – The ETOlutionist: Sean Stannard-Stockton On The Tactical Philanthropy Forum A podcast interview with Sean about the Tactical Philanthropy Forum.
  • 10/29/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Charity Uses a Blog to Disclose Its Financial Woes Coverage of FORGE’s decision to blog about their financial troubles and the subsequent discussion on Tactical Philanthropy.
  • 10/24/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Canadian Charity Offers Fund-Raising ‘IPO’ Sean is quoted in regards to the Toronto-based Canadian Women’s Foundation offering a nonprofit “IPO”.
  • 10/13/08 – FORA.tv: SoCap08: New Wealth Management Video coverage of the New Wealth Management session, moderated by Sean, at the Social Capital Markets conference.
  • 10/12/08 – San Francisco Chronicle: Interest blossoms in point-click philanthropy An article about the emergence of “tactical philanthropists” that quotes Sean.
  • 9/10/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Freddie, Fannie, and Philanthropy Sean is quoted in this article about the ramifications for social enterprise of Fannie Mae’s failure.
  • 9/1/08 – Financial Planning Magazine: Give and Take Sean is profiled in this edition of Financial Planning Magazine’s “Practice Profile”.
  • 8/19/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Giving vs. Investing: Does It Matter What Donors Call It? An article summarizing Sean’s views on the shift from “giving” to “social investing”.
  • 7/22/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Charity Fund Raisers Should Focus on the Basics An article profiling Sean’s thoughts on the “low hanging fruit” of philanthropy.
  • 6/1/08 Wealth Manager Magazine: Tactical philanthropy is a growth industry for wealth management An article about the growth of wealth management for philanthropists that quotes Sean and says his firm is on the “leading edge”.
  • 5/26/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Donors’ Rights Versus Charity Independence Tactical Philanthropy is mentioned in this article about to whom nonprofits should be accountable.
  • 5/15/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: New Gates Foundation Head, Good News For Philanthropy? Sean is quoted in regards to the Gates Foundation’s selection of their new CEO.
  • 5/5/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: A Paternalistic View of Philanthropy? An article about the Tactical Philanthropy Blog Team’s coverage of the Council on Foundations conference.
  • 4/9/08 – La Vanguardia: Llega la revolución filantrópica The largest circulation newspaper in Spain quotes Sean in this article about American philanthropy (spanish language).
  • 4/7/08 – New York Observer: The Next Wave in Philanthropy Sean is quoted in this article based on his concept of “A Second Great Wave of Philanthropy”.
  • 3/27/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Should Donors Elect a Charity’s Board Members? Sean is quoted in this article about the idea of major donors electing nonprofit board members.
  • 2/6/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Should Kiva Adjust Its Formula? Coverage of an exchange between Sean and Kiva.org CEO Matt Flannery regarding Kiva’s business model.
  • 1/30/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: What Kiva’s Supply-and-Demand Problem Says about the Nonprofit World Sean is quoted in this story about Kiva.org supply/demand imbalance.
  • 1/23/08 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: How Foundations Can Help Individual Donors Sean is quoted in this article about how foundations can help individual donors give smarter.
  • 1/26/08 – OnPhilanthropy.com: Consilience in Philanthropy In this guest column, Sean argues that philanthropy needs to embrace “consilience”.
  • 12/31/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Nonprofit Leaders and Experts Offer Their Predictions for 2008 Sean makes predictions about what 2008 brings for philanthropy.
  • 12/17/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: A Google Nonprofit Portal? An article about Sean’s “discovery” of nonprofit data in Google Finance.
  • 12/13/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: A Quest for the Best Sean is quoted in this story about GiveWell.
  • 12/1/07 – Book: We Are the New Radicals by Julia Moulden Sean is profiled in this book about people with careers that make the world a better place.
  • 11/12/07 – New York Times: Give and Take, in Words Tactical Philanthropy is listed as one of the most popular philanthropy blogs.
  • 11/10/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: A New Effort to Stimulate Conversation About Philanthropy Coverage of Tactical Philanthropy’s One Post Challenge.
  • 10/19/07 – Financial Post: Tactical Philanthropy Financial Post columnist Jonathan Chevreau profiles the “trend” of Tactical Philanthropy.
  • 10/16/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: A Call for Foundation Blogging An article about Sean’s call for more foundation employees to start blogging.
  • 10/1/07 – Giving: Charitable Remainder Trusts Sean is quoted in this article about the power of charitable remainder trusts.
  • 8/21/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Charities and Politics: The Debate Rages On A profile of the debate between Pablo Eisenberg and Robert Egger that took place on Tactical Philanthropy.
  • 8/10/07 – San Francisco Business Times: Social responsibility earns grade of B Sean is quoted in this story about B Corporations.
  • 8/3/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: What’s in a Name? Sean is quoted regarding whether charities should be called “nonprofits”.
  • 7/26/07 – New York Times: Foundations Find Benefits in Facing Up to Failures The Tactical Philanthropy podcast is mentioned in this story about foundations admitting to failures.
  • 5/17/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Council on Foundations ‘Very Pleased’ With Bloggers’ Coverage The Council on Foundations says they are pleased with Tactical Philanthropy’s coverage of their conference.
  • 5/1/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: How Blog Writers Cover a Meeting of Foundation Officials Coverage of the Council on Foundations issuing media credentials to Sean and a few other bloggers.
  • 4/25/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Wanted: A Few Good Foundation Thinkers Sean is quoted in regards to his views on information sharing in philanthropy.
  • 4/23/07 – Financial Times: Philanthropy steps in where the state failed Sean is quoted in this story about Americans turning to philanthropy because they’ve lost conviction in government.
  • 4/1/07 – Book: Mapping the New World of American Philanthropy by Susan Raymond & Mary Beth Martin Sean is the author of the chapter The Evolution of the Tactical Philanthropists in this book.
  • 3/29/07 – Chronicle of Philanthropy: Giving Charities the Thumbs U Coverage of The Giving Carnival appearing on Tactical Philanthropy.
  • 3/16/07 – San Francisco Business Times: Nonprofits discover power of blogging Tactical Philanthropy is mentioned in this article about nonprofit related blogging.
  • 3/9/07 – Financial Times: Support upfront with back-office Sean is quoted in this article about the falling costs of setting up and running a private foundation.
  • 2/26/07 Chronicle of Philanthropy – How Philanthropy Can Use ‘Social Media’ Tools Coverage of a Tactical Philanthropy Community conversation about the value of social media tools within philanthropy.
  • 11/2/06 OnPhilanthropy.com – Turning Major Donors into Philanthropists In this guest column, Sean lays out how nonprofits can change their big donors into smart donors.