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HNY to me! New Thiel Foundation 990 (from 2023) just dropped. Always a fun way to follow Peter Thiel's interests. He's not a big giver (gave $4.3m in 2023), but even the small grants contain interesting clues about where his head is at.
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Julia Blackx.com
In the United States, more and more of these services and systems have been underfunded publicly (by taxes), and so philanthropy has stepped in. These are two sides of the American historical coin: we underinvest in our shared public systems while we celebrate individual generosity. This places a burden on voluntary acts and giving that is both too
... See moreLucy Bernholz • How We Give Now
Philanthropic foundations bias heavily towards granting large $ amounts exclusively to organizations (not individuals), meaning there are few existing avenues to fund promising people.
Molly Mielke • Scaling the personal grantmaking sector · Molly Mielke
Embracing Paradox
Exploring the balance between opposing principles in investment, such as trust versus skepticism, patience versus urgency, and transparency versus confidentiality, emphasizing the importance of harmony in decision-making.
static1.squarespace.comBrookings Institution, founded in 1916 by the St. Louis businessman Robert Brookings, who defined its mission as “free from any political or pecuniary interest.” To assure an ethic of “disinterestedness,” Brookings, who was himself a Republican, mandated that scholars of many viewpoints populate its board.