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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 […]

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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, […]