We finally introduced the next generation of Peerys to the Peery Foundation. We spent a great day learning about philanthropy, social entrepreneurship, and some of the amazing work that people are doing in our community. There were no parents allowed so we had to at least make this video for the next board meeting! Best quote of the day from one of the kids: ‘Guys, this is serious. We can’t give them a grant because they have candy in the lobby!”
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“In the most recent Economist, HBS professor and world renowned strategist Michael Porter said there will be huge opportunities in the next 20 years to fix the billions of dollars lost each year in inefficient philanthropy. Philanthropist.org is uniquely positioned to meet the most fundamental requirement to resolve this issue, specifically, creating the infrastructure for an open market, micro-philanthropic method of valuing widely differentiated social needs. We have the website already posted and the proprietary rating and security technology to empower a new generation of micro-philanthropists while saving traditional non-profit organizations major percentages of their fundraising overhead, all while providing our investors a socially beneficial and profitable return.”
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Helping a cause greater than yourself can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. At The University of Toledo, students are discovering just that. As more students become inspired to perform these acts of kindness, record-setting amounts of goodwill come back to the community.
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=559 Philanthropy expert Katherine Fulton reviews the history of charitable giving, and talks about how organized philanthropies are adapting to meet modern needs. —– “The Deeper News About the New Philanthropy” 10000 families in the US, Katherine Fulton reported, have ets of $100 million or more. That’s up from 7000 just a couple years ago. Most of that money is “on the sidelines.” The poor and the middle class are far more …
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Clipped version of Bill Clinton’s Keynote address at the Global Philanthropy Forum at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. A call to action for sustainable, scalable social change projects. Clinton: “I hope I live long enough to see Drayton win the Nobel Prize.”
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The Google Foundation/Google.org Board Member spoke at the Global Philanthropists Circle 2006 Annual Meeting. For more information, visit www.synergos.org.
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Charles Handy, author of The New Philanthropists, tells Global X what happened when he found out that his father was dying: “After the funeral, I went back to my university and I resigned my job.”
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The President of The Rockefeller Foundation spoke at the Global Philanthropists Circle 2006 Annual Meeting. For more information, visit www.synergos.org
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All About Venture Philanthropy Partners