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The Cargill Foundation is about to receive $9 billion and become the country's third largest grantmaker after Gates and Ford.
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After my Speed-Freak Philanthropy post today, NY Times reporter Stephanie Strom pointed to this example of what she called a "speed-freak capital campaign". Note that famed investor Bruce Berkowitz made his $5 million donation decision in 15 minutes.
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Engineers without Boarder has been publishing a Failure Report for some time. Now they want other nonprofits to join them. Check out this new site and watch for a guest post from EWB's CEO here at Tactical Philanthropy.
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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