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Freedom School of Philanthropy
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Brookings 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.
Jane Mayer • Dark Money
The kind of win-win represented by Portfolios with Purpose and Asana—as well as the new impact investment funds pledging to combine strong returns with poverty alleviation, and the new social enterprises, and the bottom-of-the-pyramid retail plays—innovated on this tradition by turning it upside down. The new win-win-ism was built on the same
... See moreAnand Giridharadas • Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Non-Profit Potential Partners
Andrew McCluskey • 2 cards
Feeney, who made his fortune as a founder of Duty Free Shoppers Group (the duty-free stores you see in airports), is a great role model for what I’m advocating: He started giving his money away (anonymously) early, and by the time he was in his eighties he had given away more than $8 billion of his wealth. He had chosen to live frugally, like legal
... See moreBill Perkins • Die With Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life
