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In an op-ed for Alliance Magazine, I make the argument for how and why the philanthropy sector needs to better serve high net worth donors.
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A philanthropic couple has launched a blog to offer matching charitable donations of up to $50,000 to select nonprofits.
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Chris Hohn & Jamie Cooper-Hohn of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation were named to Barron's list of most effective philanthropists. They were also profiled this weekend in The Times of the UK.
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The Christian Science Monitor quotes me talking about GreatNonprofits in this article on how to choose a charity. A small correction: I didn't suggest people use Yelp to evaluate charities, I said GreatNonprofits was "like Yelp for nonprofits."
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Bill Clinton touts the new edition of Matthew Bishop's book Philanthrocapitalism.
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David Roodman is back and raising the question of whether Kiva user's money helps borrowers or goes to the shareholders of the microfinance banks that Kiva works with. To be clear, I've got nothing against Kiva. I think they've nailed a lot of key design issues that other groups should learn from. I'm also impressed with Kiva's consistently impressive responses to Roodman's questioning.
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Holden Karnofsky of GiveWell looks at whether Acumen Fund has much social impact. Acumen Fund responds in the comments.
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Jeff Mason of Social Solutions guest posts on PhilanTopic on the need for donors to become social investors.
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GreatNonprofits has released a new feature showcasing top rated nonprofits by issue and geographic area.
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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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