Wednesday, March 25, 2009

The state of philanthropy: A conversation with Acumen Fund’s CEO


Jacqueline Novogratz discusses the challenges that divide and unite today’s philanthropic community.

As global philanthropy reshapes itself to accommodate a widening array of private-sector involvement and a blend of private and public investment, discussion of both the ethics and effectiveness of these diverse methods has moved front and center. In this video interview, Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of venture-philanthropy firm Acumen Fund, shares her perspective on the current challenges facing the philanthropic community and the opportunity she sees to move past a traditional public-sector approach to charitable giving.

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