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Virtual embedded giving resulting in real world cash. Video game philanthropy is picking up. (hat tip @MuhammadAtt)
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October 19 at noon in Washington DC. If you are in town, this is the must attend event!
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I recently wrote about Cultivation vs Germination in philanthropy. In this post, Amy Sample Ward looks at Landscaping vs Gardening and touches on many of the same themes (hat tip Tony Wang).
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Fascinating analysis of how Kiva's lending process is much different than commonly understood.
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CEP events are great learning experiences. You can catch a presentation of their newest research later this month in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
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The Gates Foundation is setting up meetings with JP Morgan's high net worth clients. Another example of the growing brand power of large private foundations.
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A very lively stream of comments from Chronicle of Philanthropy readers on the relevancy of the United Way.
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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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