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Check out the Impact Calculator on the lower left hand side of the Calvert Foundation website. It spits out numbers of jobs created and organizations financed. This might not be true impact analysis, but it sure is a nifty tool for showing individual donors/investors what mission related investing is all about.
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Lloyd Nimetz, founder of online giving market HelpArgentina.org argues that "intrinsic" motivational factors such as work being interesting, rewarding and fun are more important than "extrinsic" motivations like salary. I agree, but don't think there should be a trade off.
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Harvard economist Edward Glaeser examines whether corporations should try to do good or just maximize profits. In the post he suggests that nonprofits have thrived specifically because they cater to employees who want to make money and do good.
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Foundations are getting more involved in advocacy, but are not allowed to lobby. Corporations, on the other hand, are allowed to lobby. This report from FSG Social Impact Advisors explores the best forms of lobbying for socially responsible companies (via IssueLab).
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My friends at Arabella Advisors have released their review of one of the most unusual quarters in recent history for philanthropy and financial markets. They even manage to mention FORGE.
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I discuss the state of philanthropy with Page Snow of Foundation Source and Kim Wright-Violich of Schwab Charitable in this podcast.
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Phil Buchanan of the Center for Effective Philanthropy makes the case against "business thinking" in philanthropy. This is a tough intellectual area. "Business thinking" is NOT the answer for philanthropy, but a different, more strategic, more impact oriented and market driven way of thinking is needed. But I'm not sure what that should be called.
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A provocative list of ways President Obama can work with philanthropy: Convene the nation's philanthropists? Create tax incentives for for-profit companies with a social purpose? Use the power of the White House to recognize and reward philanthropic impact? Hmmm, very interesting!
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Nathaniel Whittemore explores whether Twitter might change the perception of the Israel/Hamas conflict the way that TV changed public opinion of the Vietnam war.
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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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