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.
Kjerstin argues that transparency is a cost reducing activity, not an extra cost to nonprofits. The cost of sharing information is frequently cited as a reason why foundation and nonprofits don't do it.