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The Year of Fighting Over What Works

Last year we made a set of predictions for 2010. Some were satisfyingly prescient – the surge in mega-giving we predicted for 2010 became a reality through the Buffett-Gates Giving Pledge (even if we were off the mark in betting on Steve Jobs rather than Larry Ellison to be the Gates business rival who would step up to major philanthropy). […]

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New York Bounces Back

Wall Street’s rapid recovery from the financial meltdown, at least measured by profits, may have turned Goldman Sachs into Public Enemy No. 1, but it has also helped bring about a strong rebound in giving in America’s capital city of philanthropy. This much was clear from two high-profile charity events last week, both of which […]

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Philanthrocapitalism in the White House

“It is wonderful to see all these do-gooders in one room,” said Barack Obama, at a White House gathering on June 30th of leaders of America’s best non-profits. The occasion was the long-awaited launch of a $50m Innovation Fund to support the scaling up of the non-profit community’s best ideas for tackling America’s biggest problems […]