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The Chronicle of Philanthropy rounds up the different opinions on the grant decisions of the Social Innovation Fund.
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Sasha Dichter wonders if the idea that resources are allocated less than optimally in the nonprofit sector is wrongheaded.
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The Puget Sound Business Journal reporter covering the Unitus story has published a blog post linking to his source documents.
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Clay Holtzman, the reporter who broke the Unitus news, is still digging on the story.
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Phil Buchanan urges philanthropy to reject false dichotomies. In a comment, I agree but also warn of philanthropy's tendency to reject all recognition of the real tensions between different approaches.
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Linda Wood writes about candor in funder-grantee relationships and the notion of "radical transparency" as demonstrated by the group Forge.
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Kathleen Enright, head of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, calls on the Giving Pledge billionaires to fund organizations, not just their projects.
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Charity Navigator has begun rolling out their new rating methodology. I'll write more about this soon. (Disclosure: I am a member of their rating methodology advisory board.)
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Nathaniel Whittemore talks about the tension between innovation and effectiveness in the Social Innovation Fund and wishes the fund had made different 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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