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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.
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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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