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Nonprofit leader Robert Eggers of DC Central Kitchen (he's no recent MBA transplant to the social sector who thinking nonprofits need to be more "business-like") argues that nonprofits ARE businesses and ignoring that is shortchanging America.
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Bruce Trachtenberg, who runs The Communications Network the major affinity group for foundation communications professionals, argues in favor of information sharing in the philanthropic sector and highlights how web based sharing is difficult for for-profits but just great news for philanthropy.
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My sister Jessica follows up on her post suggesting that companies might NOT want to give so much cash to charity with an interview of McKesson Foundation president (and Tactical Philanthropy reader) Carrie Varoquiers that highlights McKesson's own "comparative advantage" approach.
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The Ford Foundation launches a $50 million mission related investment to fund a "stabilization trust" that will buy foreclosed homes in order to stabilize neighborhood home prices.
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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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