This panel explores funding strategies from multiple perspectives including innovation from within foundations, private sector investment for public good, non-profit venture investing and cutting-edge strategies for private placements in traditional not-for-profit organisations.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
10:00 - 12:00, Wednesday, March 28, 2007 BSTSpeakers
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SpeakerPresident, Sundra FoundationEdward Skloot is Director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society and Professor of the Practice at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. In June 2007 he retired as President of the Surdna Foundation, a family foundation headquartered in New York City. Before…
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SpeakerManaging Principal, Capricorn Investment GroupIon Yadigaroglu has been Managing Partner at Capricorn Investment Group since 2004, and is an early investor in iconic technology companies including Tesla, SpaceX, Planet, QuantumScape and Saildrone. Capricorn was born from the desire to demonstrate the huge investment potential that resides in…
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SpeakerCo-Founder & CEO, Solutions Journalism NetworkDavid Bornstein is CEO of the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN), which is leading a global movement to transform journalism, so it becomes a vital real-time mechanism for gathering knowledge and insight to address today's most urgent challenges and threats. SJN has engaged with over 40,000…
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SpeakerManaging Partner and Founder, Grove Social Impact PartnersJ.B. Schramm is Managing Partner of Grove Impact, a national partnership of social change pioneers catalyzing bold systems-change initiatives. Schramm formerly led New Profit’s $25M Learn to Earn fund to help learners achieve economic mobility by weaving work and study together. Forbes…
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SpeakerFounder & CEO, AcumenJacqueline Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Acumen. Acumen is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies and leaders with character, competence and moral leadership. Acumen invests pioneering philanthropic capital in sustainable businesses addressing the toughest…