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Obama, Vartan and Brest

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date January 7, 2009

Barack Obama once ran the Chicago arm of the Annenberg Challenge, a $500m effort to improve schools in America funded by media tycoon Walter Annenberg. It was there that he came into contact with Bill Ayers, the Weatherman terrorist, a relationship that caused controversy during the recent election campaign. Less controversially, coming into contact with […]

Tags 92nd Street Y, Carnegie Corporation, Economist, education, Gates Foundation, Hewlett, Obama, Paul Brest, Vartan Gregorian

Money Well Spent

“Money Well Spent: A Strategic Guide to Smart Philanthropy,” has just been published by Paul Brest, who runs the Hewlett Foundation, and Hal Harvey. Matthew has written a review of the book in The Economist, and praises how it “dispenses practical advice to aspiring philanthropists and provides examples of the ways they can influence the […]

Tags Failure, Hewlett, Huffington, Paul Brest, The Economist