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Venture philanthropy , also known as philanthrocapitalism , takes concepts and techniques from venture capital finance and high technology business management and applies them to achieving philanth...
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Venture Philanthropy Partners, together with Community Wealth Ventures, published a report in 2004 called "High-Engagement Philanthropy: A Bridge to a More Effective Social Sector," profiling the relationships between funders and organizations they support.
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Tech-career jolt of $4.5 million bound for nonprofit:; The Washington Post covers the Year Up/VPP partnership. ... Year Up gets $4.5M from Venture Philanthropy Partners: in the Washington Business Journal.
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Who: Board of Directors; Mario Morino is co-founder and chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners and chairman of the Morino Institute. ... In 2000, Mario co-founded Venture Philanthropy Partners as a philanthropic investment organization that concentrates investments of money, expertise, and contacts to improve the lives...
venturephilanthropypartners.org/about/people/bbios/mori... venturephilanthropypartners.org/about/people/bbios/morino.html
The NYC Venture Philanthropy Fund (VPF) was founded on a simple idea: the collective power of individual effort. ... VPF is a giving circle of individuals who invest in social entrepreneurs focused on tackling persistent social and economic problems in New York City.
www.nycvpf.org/
The boom in venture philanthropy is reinvigorating a longstanding debate about the basic tenets of grant making. A session on venture philanthropy last month at the annual meeting of the Council on Foundations in Los Angeles drew an overflow crowd and sparked a spirited discussion about the merits of the approach.
www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v12/i16/16000101.htm www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v12/i16/16000101.htm
Roberts Fund Puts Its Venture-Philanthropy Approach to the Test ... But does venture philanthropy work? One group that is expending considerable money and energy to analyze its own version of venture philanthropy is the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund, in San Francisco.
www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v12/i16/16000801.htm www.philanthropy.com/free/articles/v12/i16/16000801.htm
Back in February, Tom Durso, who writes the 501cFiles, posted a critical analysis of a New York Times article lauding venture philanthropy. On Tuesday, somebody posted a comment to his blog raising the idea that start-up businesses use nonprofit organizations to buy credibility for their companies.
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The Center for Venture Philanthropy was launched in 1999 to create an environment where community donors could collaborate and drive positive change in our communities. Using a venture capital model, local investors base "social venture funding" on results-oriented business plans focused on specific causes.
www.siliconvalleycf.org/initiatives_cfvp.html
A war of words and egos broke out in the philanthropy world a few years back, one that paralleled a similar clash in the business world. On one side were the new "venture" philanthropists, who, flush with cash and confidence after revolutionizing the techn ... Grant AwayWhy venture philanthropy is important, even if it...
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