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Year Up gets $4.5M from Venture Philanthropy PartnersWashington Business JournalVenture Philanthropy Partners is giving Year Up's local chapter a $4.5 million grant to prepare twice as many low-income young adults for college and ...Tech-career jolt of $4.5 million bound for nonprofitWashington Postall 3 news articles »
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Here's an example of using online tools to share knowledge and expand influence with mainstream audiences. My organization is hosting a terrific line-up of giants in the field of social enterprise on Dec. 9. (see www.se-alliance.org/events_confluence.cfm) that includes an investor, two venture funders, and practitioners. It's virtual (no travel involved) and a tantalizing precursor to the Social Enterprise Summit + World Forum (twitter...
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Kiva overhauls its explanation of how it works after a blog post questions its claims of direct loans. [New York Times] The Wall Street Journal offers a special Philanthropy report. Venture Philanthropy Partners announces a $4.5 million grant to Year...
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I respect the conversation, but in my opinion, the focus on power imbalance between funders and nonprofits rehashes a tired paradigm of the "haves" vs. the "have-nots" and points to class divisions. This is a dangerous area to focus. In reality, foundation dollars are a very small percentage of the nonprofit budget. In the health and social services area for example, government dollars are the primary source of funding. Foundation dollars...
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