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Nicholas Kristof writes: "If the emblematic 1960s youth was an anti-Vietnam protester, and the 1980s emblem was a geek assembling computers in the garage, then today’s is a kid uploading videos to YouTube to raise money for anti-malarial bed nets in Africa." If that's correct, I'll be really interested to see what today's youth do over the next decade or two!
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This annual report gives an excellent overview of where donors can focus to finding high impact giving opportunities. This is very similar to the sort of reports that top wall street research firms put out in regard to top investment opportunities for the year ahead.
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The Monitor Institute comments further on FORGE.
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If you missed Paul Brest at the Tactical Philanthropy Forum you can catch him in DC at the Hudson Institute on December 2. Bill Schambra is moderating and shares many of Bill Somerville's views on 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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