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Flipping the Default Setting on Philanthropy: An Interview With Kathleen Enright

October 14, 2014 By Nell Edgington Leave a Comment

In today’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Kathleen Enright, founding president and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). GEO is a diverse community of more than 450 grantmakers working to reshape the way philanthropy operates and advance smarter grantmaking practices that enable nonprofits to grow stronger and achieve better results. Prior to […]

Maximizing Philanthropic Impact: An Interview with Jim Canales

March 8, 2013 By Nell Edgington 4 Comments

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, I’m talking with Jim Canales. Jim is President and CEO of The James Irvine Foundation, the largest multi-issue foundation focused exclusively on the state of California. Under his leadership, the foundation has adopted a more targeted approach in its grantmaking programs, focusing on three areas — Arts, California […]

Taking Philanthropic Risks: An Interview with Chris Earthman

November 9, 2012 By Nell Edgington 1 Comment

In this month’s Social Velocity blog interview, we’re talking with Chris Earthman, Executive Director for the Aragona Family Foundation. For the last 8 years Chris has also worked for Austin Ventures, the largest venture capital firm in the Southwestern US. Chris has over 15 years of experience at the intersection of nonprofit and for-profit enterprises, […]

Funding Social Innovation: An Interview with Paul Tarini

July 6, 2010 By Nell Edgington 2 Comments

In the July installment of the Social Velocity interview series we are talking with Paul Tarini of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. You can read our previous Social Velocity blog interviews with Clara Miller and Kevin Jones. Paul Tarini is the head of the Foundation’s Pioneer Portfolio, which actively seeks innovative projects that can lead […]

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