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Social Solutions is working with the Urban Institute to build a portal that will show proven program interventions in multiple fields. This webcast on 12/10 offers a first look.
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A free webcast on December 8 featuring a conversation about cross sector partnerships. Featuring Join Howard W. Buffett (USDA and the White House Office of Social Innovation), Velma Montiero-Tribble (Alcoa Foundation) and Patrick Rooney (The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University).
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New research showing that humans are hardwired to help. Giving and altruism is part of our genetic makeup.
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Allison Fine celebrates the expense ratio press release and argues that nonprofit effectiveness measures must be designed with the input of the nonprofits being evaluated.
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Not many foundation employees write blogs. When I first launched Tactical Philanthropy, they didn't even dare to leave a comment. Now Larry Blumenthal of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is posting away about why foundations need to embrace social media and transparency. Go Larry!
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Tim Ogden, the organizer of the "overhead ratio press release" gives more background on the issue and says he'll be writing for the rest of the year about the harm done by the ratio.
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Check out Change Charity, a really interesting new blog that looks at some of the same issues we do here at Tactical Philanthropy. But author Jeff Raderstrong argues that we need a "first great wave of social investing" instead of a "second great wave of philanthropy!" This is one to watch.
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A few months ago, Charity Navigator's CEO recorded a podcast with the Chronicle of Philanthropy in which he explained their planned new rating system. The interview is repost 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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