New Profit Inc.
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New Profit Inc.[1][2][3] is a venture philanthropy fund based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded by social entrepreneur, Vanessa Kirsch in 1998. With the support of individual donors, and its partner, Monitor Group, New Profit provides multi-year financial and strategic support to a portfolio of social entrepreneurs working in education, youth development, workforce development, and other areas.
In addition to working directly with organizations, New Profit also works to strengthen the field of social entrepreneurship. New Profit brings together social entrepreneurs and other leaders from business, philanthropy, academia, and other sectors at the annual Gathering of Leaders. In 2007, New Profit launched America Forward, a nonpartisan coalition of 60 nonprofit organizations that is promoting to the 2008 U.S. presidential campaigns the role social entrepreneurs can play in solving social problems.[4]
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[edit] New Profit portfolio organizations [5]
Active Portfolio Organizations
- Achievement First
- College Summit
- KickStart
- KIPP Schools
- Management Leadership for Tomorrow
- National Student Partnerships
- Peer Health Exchange
- Project HEALTH
- Rare
- Right To Play
- Upwardly Global
- Year Up
Alumni Organizations
- BELL
- Citizen Schools
- Computers for Youth
- Jumpstart
- Kids Voting USA
- New Leaders for New Schools
- Teach For America
- Working Today-Freelancers Union
[edit] Press coverage
- Brooks, David, "Thoroughly Modern Do-Gooders," The New York Times, March 21, 2008.
- "How Many Billionaires Does It Take To Fix a School System?" New York Times Magazine, March 9, 2008.
- "The 2008 Social Capitalist Awards," Fast Company Magazine, December 2007/January 2008.
- Hammonds, Keith H., "Now the Good News..." Fast Company Magazine, December 2007.
- Beatty, Sally, and Silverman, Rachel Emma,"Doing Due Diligence On Your Donations," The Wallstreet Journal,December 20, 2007.
- George, Bill, "Where Have All the Leaders Gone? (Part III)," Business Week, October 22, 2007.
- Jack, Andrew, The business of philanthropy: Intermediaries have the skill to help give," The Financial Times, July 5, 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ Lessons in no-apology giving; emphasis is now on results for new age philanthropists.. Investment News (February, 2001). Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ The Money Issue - Philanthropy - Wealth and Affluence. New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ David Gergen on the new engines of reform. US News and World Report. Retrieved on 2008-03-29.
- ^ [www.americaforward.org]
- ^ [www.newprofit.com/portfolio.asp]
[edit] External links
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