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The Social Capital Markets conference is headed to Europe. Early bird registration discounts are available until March 1.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy profiles a number of nonprofits using Groupon to raise money.
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It is my personal impression that the New York Times' Stephanie Strom is largely skeptical of for-profit social impact efforts, which makes her profile of Pepsi's success in this area all the more interesting.
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A bill has been introduced to create B Corporations in California.
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Chuck Feeney, who famously gave away all his money to form the Atlantic Philanthropies, didn't sign The Giving Pledge at first because he felt it didn't make sense to pledge to do something he had already done. Now he's adding his name to the Pledge to encourage others to do so.
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GiveWell is considering using a "smart money" approach – examining the grantees of other highly regarded funders – to pick new organizations to research.
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Lucy Bernholz interviews James Irvine Foundation CEO Jim Canales about why his team has started tweeting.
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I had no idea that there was a group called Real Life Super Heroes who actually dress up, patrol the streets and engage in acts of charity. Now one of them has started to really fight crime and it is creating problems.
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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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