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Lesson Three from Kjerstin Erickson & FORGE: Scrutiny of the nonprofit sector is good for the nonprofit sector.
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Kjerstin Erickson is reviewing the ten things she's learned about transparency during the FORGE situation. This post focuses on whether transparency led to them closing the funding gap or not.
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The Economist reports on new research as to why people give to charity. Economists take as a given (but do not prove) that people are primarily self interested. My argument in favor of self-actualization as a driving force is meant to tie together self-interest with community interest and reconcile the two rather than force self-interest to be at odds with altruism.
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Paul Brest posts a follow up to the debate he and I have been having.
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VolunteerMatch launches a Google Earth application that lets you "fly through" volunteer opportunities.
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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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