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Reader Emily Howe sends me this excellent link to a BusinessWeek debate on higher teacher salaries. The Con side is written by a foundation employee. But they only argue that high pay by itself won't fix everything. That seems self obvious and not a rejection of the point.
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My friend (and NCRP board member) Peter Manzo, argues in a comment that my post on negative discount rates means foundations should adopt higher payout rates. I disagree, saying that it isn't that simple.
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Richard Marker, who writes the Wise Philanthropy blog, offers this excellent post arguing that the proposed reduction in the charitable deduction is not that big of deal and in any case is the wrong battle for philanthropy to fight. I agree.
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Matthew Bishop offers a review of Peter Singer's new book The Life You Can Save and says that Singer is too puritanical in his critique of the wealthy.
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Like me, Andrew Wolk thinks growing great organizations is the key to impact. But in this post he lays out why he thinks NGOs must work together and why Social Movement Innovation might be the next big thing.
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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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