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The "engaged philanthropy" of the Pittsburgh chapter of Social Venture Partners is profiled in this story.
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Brian Trelstad, the chief investment officer at Acumen Fund, wrote this excellent paper on evaluating social investing. He offers a quote from Oliver Wendell Holmes that I think nails the issue: "I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity."
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy writes about the growing interest in mission related investing and the way in which the financial crisis may increase interest in MRI.
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The excellent philanthropy focused Alliance magazine has extended free access to their website for the month of December exclusively for the Tactical Philanthropy Community. Simple using the email: tactical@alliancemagazine.org and the password: philanthropy to log in.