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Investing for Change

There is a (wee) bit of a movement afoot in philanthropy - small, but growing. It is the movement toward using endowed assets as part of a foundation's change strategies - I've written about it before as "aligned investing." (posts here, here, here, here, and here)

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On philanthropy and environmental change

(This post started as a response to The Green Skeptic's comment on this post). In his comment, the Skeptic notes his shift to ASHOKA and social enterprise after years in nonprofit work - in his words: His experience is important for us all to consider. Does philanthropy have enough

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2007 Philanthropy Buzzwords #4 and #5

Continuing my annual accumulation of philanthropy buzzwords...here are the latest two nominees. Drum roll, please..... #4 - Open Philanthropy #5 - Aligned Investing Now, a little hubris is in order. Like "aligned investing," I can lay a pretty good claim to having coined the term open philanthropy (though William

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When nonprofits provide risk capital

This story in DealBook highlights the role that charitable endowments can play as risk-taking investors. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has invested $22 mm in new drug research led by commercial outfit FoldRx. The CF Foundation is particularly fond of these approaches, notes the Boston Globe: "In 2007 alone,