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Review of the Year

This time last year we stuck out our necks and made ten predictions for philanthrocapitalism in 2012. So how did we do? 1. Greater scrutiny of the 1%. We were right that the US presidential election would focus attention on the role of wealthy donors in shaping the political agenda through their cash donations to […]

Cleaning Up News Corp

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date July 18, 2011

How should philanthropy respond to the ‘Hackgate‘ scandal that is gripping Britain at the moment and, perhaps, spreading across the Atlantic? Supporting journalistic ethics (in the face of the continued business model crisis of the print media) is meat and drink for many foundations. The Knight Foundation, for example, invests considerable resources in community media and training […]

Tags hackgate, Knight Foundation, More for Mission, Nathan Cummings Foundation, News Corp, ProPublica, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Good News

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date March 1, 2010

“The ‘oh, woe is me’ thing, we’ve just got to get over that. The world has changed. It’s happened.” So said Beth Frerking at a social entrepreneurship conference organised by students at Harvard Business School on February 27th-28th. The “it” in question is the shock to the news media caused by the combination of economic […]

Tags Global Post, Harvard Business School, Kiva, malaria, Politico, ProPublica, Ray Chambers, White House Office of Social Innovation