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Peter Manzo suggests that given the financial crisis foundations should immediately release grantees from any restrictions they put on prior grants. Very interesting idea. He goes on to compare doing so to the way mortgage lenders are modifying loan agreements (provocative comparison!).
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Here's a version of the philanthropy roadshow concept that I wrote about in my Financial Times column titled Philanthropy in the Year 2033 (hat tip: Stacy Caldwell).
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Kjerstin's newest post on the Forging Ahead blog. She answers questions brought up here at Tactical Philanthropy.
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Tom Watson's new book CauseWired: Plugging In, Getting Involved, Changing the World is out. Charles Best, the founder of DonorsChoose says it is "the seminal book on peer-to-peer philanthropy and its counterpart movements in politics and branding".
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Jeff Brooks channels Warren Buffett and tells fundraisers how to deal with the current environment. I agree 100% with his advice.
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Friend Kevin Jones from Good Capital explains the landscape of the Social Capital Markets and says that philanthropy is not going to be replaced by social investing.
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Matthew Bishop points out that people have been arguing that "new" corporate philanthropy is an investment in their brand rather than an expense item. This should mean that corporate philanthropy will be one of the last things cut in an economic downturn, not the first. We're about to find out.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy picks up on Kjerstin Erickson’s attempts to save FORGE and the conversation here at Tactical Philanthropy.
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Nell Edgington blogs about the situation at FORGE and lays out her recommendations.
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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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