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A profile of the shift away from negative screen SRI to focusing on ESG: environmental, social and governance issues (subscription may be required).
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An interesting series of comments regarding Jeff Brooks blog post arguing that nonprofits should not seek to hire people with academic degrees in nonprofit management.
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A new “social capital marketplace”. Recently profiled on NPR. Nonprofit techie Allan Benamer is executive director.
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For charitable planning geeks only! A fascinating analysis of the charitable gift planning issues involving Rush Limbaugh’s auctioning for charity of the the letter he received from Sen. Reid during the “phony solider” blowout.
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A counter argument to the spurt of recent criticisms that charitable tax deductions for gifts to universities are elitist and unwarranted.
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Phil Cubeta chimes in on for-profit philanthropy blogging.
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A “parody” of the (RED) campaign that says shopping is not a solution to human suffering. The site lets you donate directly to the nonprofits supported by (RED).
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An angel investor talks philanthropy.
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Tom Durso discusses how the best for-profit companies have a relationship with their customers that is similar to nonprofits while the best nonprofits interact with their donors like for-profits do.
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New blogger Philos Anthropos (authored by a funder) says nonprofit executives are underpaid. I agree in a comment.
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Does philanthropy always create social value? Are their other ways to create social value? Lucy Bernholz and I add comments
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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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Sean: I will soon be asking my board if they’re comfortable with me going completely public, but want to have a few posts up first so they can get a flavor of my point of view. Either way, thanks for the link love. PA
Good luck Philos.
You can mention to them that the Packard Foundation is about to launch a blog. The Sunlight Foundation already has one. So does Robert Wood Johnson and some others. You might be a bit ahead of your time, but over the next year or two I’m sure you’ll be one of many funders blogging.