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Pepsi, working with GOOD, has launched an online giving contest. This contest is what Pepsi is doing instead of Super Bowl advertising. They've clearly paid attention to the Chase giving contest problems. This contest features a leader board as the main element of the home page (the lack of a leader board was the source of much of the Chase criticism).
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Paul Schervish and his team have built a model for forecasting national charitable giving by individuals.
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I'm sure it is just a coincident, but interesting to see The Atlantic Philanthropies post their Code of Ethics days after Glass Pockets launches (the public availability of a code of ethics is part of the Glass Pockets score card). Note that Glass Pockets has been adding more foundations since my post last week.
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Alliance Magazine interviews Martin Brookes, the CEO of New Philanthropy Capital.
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A synopsis of the Rethinking Philanthropy session at the World Economic Forum conference in Davos. (Disclosure: I'm a member of the World Economic Forum's council on Philanthropy & Social Investing.)
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USA Today joins the parade of media outlets encouraging readers to give smart, not just give.
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Clara Miller of the Nonprofit Finance Fund responds to my debate with Michael Edwards on the relevancy of social capital markets.
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Carla Javits, the head of REDF, says that investing in social enterprises is one of the best ways to spur job creation. Her logic is compelling.
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Nell Edgington goes against the crowd and suggests that Idealist's impassioned appeal for emergency funding won't save them. Ami Dar responds in the comments.
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As I read Seth Godin's take on how some people are "hunters" and some are "farmers," I'm struck by the way his descriptions remind me of different people and organizations in philanthropy. Both hunters and farmers are needed of course, but each group will work towards their shared goals in very different ways.
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I think Jeff Brooks nails why nonprofits (and in my opinion, the whole industry of donor advising) should remember that it is not their job to tell donors how to give, but instead offer them educated choices.
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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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