Database of Social Entrepreneurs

The Skoll Foundation and three other organizations (PopTech, ideablob, and Civic Ventures) are pooling their data to create an open database that will “allow philanthropists, investors, press, and fellow entrepreneurs to find social entrepreneur’s based on keyword, location, cause area, population served, and a variety of other factors, ” according to the Social Actions website.   [...]

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Global Philanthropy Forum is a “conference that matters”

Lucy Bernholz, in her blog Philanthropy 2173, has listed our GPF conference as one of three still worth attending in this difficult economic climate.  She writes,
“GPF… is rooted in the pervasive global realities of our social economy. Donors, social investors, nonprofits, public agencies, multilateral organizations, social entrepreneurs, elected and appointed officials – these are the [...]

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Creating a Global Social Investment Exchange

There’s a great post today on Philanthropy 2173 regarding the potential launch of the Global Social Investment Exchange (GSIX).
The GSIX planners are tapping people across diverse sectors -  financial, social, and tech to brainstorm ideas for this online giving platform.   The exchange would attempt to address inefficiencies of international aid and philanthropic work by [...]

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