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The Year of Philanthrowoman

The start of the New Year means that it is time, yet again, to gaze into our philanthrocrystal ball and make our annual predictions. We did OK last year but are hoping to do even better in 2013. Our top theme among our 20 predictions is that 2013 will be a breakthrough year for women […]

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Google to the Rescue?

One of the biggest challenges facing successful non-profit start-ups is getting the capital they need to grow to the scale at which they can achieve the sort of massive impact delivered by successful for-profit start-ups, such as Google. Creating a new way to connect these non-profits to philanthropic funders with the capital they need to […]

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Oxford Skollers

Jeff Skoll has had perhaps the greatest impact so far of the generation of philanthrocapitalists that emerged from the internet era. As we write in the book, Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, who hired Skoll as the website’s first ceo, has struggled to find an effective strategy for his philanthropy, Omidyar Networks (although things […]

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Going for Growth

Capitalism is something of a dirty word at the moment, so the launch on March 24th of a new initiative to attract finance for capital-starved entrepreneurs in the developing world is a timely reminder that jobs and economic growth are the most powerful levers in ending poverty. The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) wants to create a […]

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Ringing a Bell

The Nasdaq stockmarket honoured the book yesterday by inviting Matthew to ring the closing bell. It was great to see “Philanthrocapitalism” up in lights in Times Square! Oddly, this did not prevent the Nasdaq index falling. Nasdaq has played an important role in philanthrocapitalism, by hosting the initial public offerings of several companies whose leaders […]

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Taking philanthrocapitalism’s pulse

Ensuring that giving has a real impact lies at the heart of philanthrocapitalism. And finding robust ways to demonstrate that impact is being achieved is one of philanthrocapitalism’s biggest challenges. Some innovative work-in-progress on this task, including a new philanthropic portfolio management tool called “Pulse”, was discussed yesterday at a breakfast hosted by Acumen Fund, […]