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Matthew Bishop, the author of Philanthrocapitalism, argues that "A Tarnished Capitalism Still Serves Philanthropy". Look folks, capitalism ain't going away. There has always been boom bust cycles. We'll clean up this mess and than at some point in the future, the economy will get itself in some kind of new mess that none of us can yet imagine.
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The Bridgespan Group has launch a wonderful new website with a wealth of information for philanthropists and nonprofits. I've rarely seen a site where as I navigate around I find I want to click on almost every link!
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An excellent story by Stephanie Strom looking at how philanthropists have gotten much more vocal about their causes.
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The Taproot Foundation has joined with Wells Fargo to offer nonprofits strategy consulting "service grants" (ie. free consulting, if you're selected). Good strategy can be a lot more valuable than a cash grant. Nice project.
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Cool concept. Check out the video.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched the new Knight Pulse website. This project is the work of Kristen Taylor, the foundation world's first "online community manager". Interesting site with a great video-heavy blog.
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Kelly Kleiman is back to regular posting on The Nonprofiteer blog.
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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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