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Yesterday Meredith May of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote this excellent story on Kiva.org's new plans to make loans to US based entrepreneurs. However, I inadvertantly linked to a much shorter AP story about the program. Here's Meredith's story.
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Giving might be down, but philanthropist Bob Wilson is offering to match the highest donation made to the nonprofit Rare. The high "bid" on the table right now is $6.1 million. Wilson says there is no limit to the size gift he will match.
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CNNMoney produced a five minute video profiling Mario Marino and Venture Philanthropy Partners.
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Charity Navigator's CEO is asking for your input on how they should add Outcome Measurement into their rating system. Lots of comments here.
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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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