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Rage, Love + Justice at the Council on Foundations

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When I cry at “rubber-chicken dinner” social impact conference plenaries, it’s usually from boredom at the self-congratulatory pablum which is standard fare at do-gooder mega-convenings. However, last week as protests swept […]

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Foundations, Lightbulb:Ideas, Luminaries:Movers & Shakers, USA

Thoughts on MRI’s, MLK Jr, and the Latest Quest for a Kinder Capitalism

April 6, 2017by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Fifteen years ago when the foundation I worked for hosted some of the Acumen Fund’s first board meetings, I remember folks in the philanthropic sector debating whether this new “venture philanthropy” trend Jacqueline Novogratz […]

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My Giving Tuesday Top 5

November 30, 2016by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Like many of you, the election made me think a LOT about the issues, causes and values that I’m passionate about, so I’m sharing my Giving Tuesday Top 5. Below is the […]

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The Day Of & The Days After: Recollections of 9/11 on the 15th Anniversary

September 12, 2016by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

This excerpt is from a work in progress called “The Day Of & The Days After” about my memories of 9/11. I have rarely seen collective philanthropos embodied as it […]

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Are Vending Machines with Free Books the Best Way to Tackle Urban “Reading Deserts”?

August 23, 2016by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

It’s summer. It’s hot. You’re bored. You’re a kid living in Detroit and there isn’t a library or bookstore anywhere nearby. Enter Jet Blue’s “Soar with Reading” initiative which puts […]

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In Other News: Harvard Republican Club Denounces Trump (full statement incl.)

August 5, 2016by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Though I do not often use this platform to debate US presidential politics, unusual times call for unusual measures. For the first time in 128 years the Harvard Republican Club […]

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Why Would I Seat This Waiter Next to Bill Gates on a Philanthropy Panel?

August 27, 2014by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

To everyone who says, “Maybe someday when I’m rich like Bill Gates I’ll give back to people in need,” consider this man. Look at his face and know that you […]

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Africa, Lightbulb:Ideas, Luminaries:Movers & Shakers

The “Native Spring”? Indigenous Communities Using Social Media in Fight for Social Justice

March 4, 2014by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

The Arab Spring captured the world’s attention in a well-documented wave of protests and social activism fueled by new media across the Middle East, but is there another “Spring” happening […]

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Big Data, Indigenous, Lightbulb:Ideas, Luminaries:Movers & Shakers

Should you “Africanize” your philanthropy? Notes from the African Philanthropy Forum

March 4, 2014by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

In one of the more substantive trends in global philanthropy, African philanthropists are pushing the envelope to design methods of social investment more relevant to their cultures, contexts and needs. […]

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Fostering High-Impact African Entrepreneurship — The Omidyar Network Report

April 27, 2013by PhilanthroMeme Leave a comment

Anyone who has spent time in Africa knows that creative problem-solving and entrepreneurship is everywhere you turn. That said, a recent report from The Omidyar Network and Monitor Deloitte addresses […]

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