Please...disrupt this

I wrote this about Square last week.

Then eBay and Grameen announced a mobile payment network system. (HT @kanter). And Simple was launched at #XOXO conference (which raised operating funds on Kickstarter).  

Some people agreed and suggested much more. Others disagreed.

I think it's high time we took all the innovation that's going on payments, banking, and mobile and said , "OK - how can we reinvent charitable giving." Really reinvent it. So it works -

• People have the funds they need to do good.
• Do-good enterprises are accountable - to the communities that matter (the public - their immediate community and the general public, their funders, tax exempting authorities)
• Philanthropic funding is efficient and transparent.
• Nonprofit reporting is seamlessly integrated with their expenses, taking the hassle out of fund reporting.
• Grant reporting from foundations is streamed live and reported electronically (to the IRS and to intermediaries and sensemakers)
• 990 data and grants data are accessible and interoperable with public revenue and issue data

There are $45+ billion in foundation grants made every year - that's a market worth making easier, more transparent. There's another $200+billion given by individuals each year. That's worth improving.

ICYMI - the rest of the five part series on technology and giving, including two special inserts on "tech and evil"  and "videos for good" is now available.

• How Square will change everything
• Cloud Philanthropy
• Filters and finding things
• New Skills for Giving

• 4.5 Technology for Evil
• 4.5.2 Videos for Good
• The Rules that Matter

The branch conversations are really great.  

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