philanthropy

Program Officiating 101

Eugene Chan — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:51:17 +0000

I first joined ZeroDivide (then the Community Technology Foundation of California—whew, what a mouthful!) as a program officer over eight years ago.

I have no formal education or training in program officiating. (But I should ask: who does? Those of us in the field, we’re all accidental philanthropists for the most part.) There’s no certification per se, no accreditation, no good housekeeping seal of approval for the philanthropy sector.

Web & Where 2.0+ at The Hewlett Foundation

Eugene Chan — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:30:58 +0000

Ruth Williams and I are at the Hewlett Foundation for a Northern California Grantmakers briefing entitled Web & Where 2.0+ There is also a webcast.

Philanthropy in China, A Personal View

Laura Efurd — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:49:32 +0000

I recently visited Beijing and Hong Kong and witnessed first hand the exciting things happening in China's philanthropic sector.

Knight Foundation and MTV Digital Media Partnership

Eugene Chan — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:35:16 +0000

Marc Fest, over at Knight Foundation, pinged me about a new digital media partnership that they have launched with MTV.

I’ve been impressed with the way the Knight Foundation is catalyzing innovation and entrepreneurial thinking through their philanthropy.

The Donor's Dilemma: Do Donors Know Better?

Eugene Chan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:38:14 +0000

I’ve blogged more about technology in the nonprofit space than about the philanthropy space, but I’ve been avidly reading philanthropy bloggers such as Tactical Philanthropy, Philanthropy 2173, and the White Courtesy Telephone.

Blueprint R + D's Article on "Grantmaking 2.0: Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices"

Eugene Chan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:09:33 +0000

I read with great interest Amy Luckey’s (of Blueprint R+D) article, Grantmaking 2.0: Using New Technology to Enhance Grantmaker Practices, published this month on the Grantmaker’s for Effective Organization’s website. And not just because I am one of the experts she interviewed—I admit to being in good company and, as usual, feeling like I learn more from our interaction than I contributed.

Interview with Marc Fest of Knight Foundation News Challenge

Eugene Chan — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:23:10 +0000

Earlier this year, I wrote about the Knight Foundation’s News Challenge’s award winners and the significance of this new model of grantmaking.

Knight Foundation announces News Challenge awardees

Eugene Chan — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:30:37 +0000

The Knight Foundation today announced the award winners of its innovation prize, The News Challenge. I’ve been following the challenge and was very curious to see who they would ultimately fund—the list of folks is downright impressive.

What do I like about what the good folks at Knight did?

OpenID: a new way to think about grantee networks?

Eugene Chan — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:02:16 +0000

There’s a lot of momentum and buzz behind OpenID lately. More and more services and websites are accepting OpenID logins as well as offering OpenID authentication services to its users.

I love this.

After reading Tim Bray’s post about Sun’s implementation of OpenID, the wheels in my mind began turning. He explains that Sun’s OpenID is only for Sun employees. Ergo: Sun OpenID == Sun employee.

Om Malik captures Web 2.0 and its relationship to small enterprises (business and nonprofit)

Eugene Chan — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:39:45 +0000

Om Malik writes about Web 2.0 and antiquated businesses. Replace the word “business” with “nonprofit” and the mind reels:

Don’t get me wrong. No stretch of imagination could conjure Moo into a technology business. No, no. Moo is a technology-enabled business. Forget patent-protected code (thank you, Justices of The Supreme Court!) or over-designed hardware. Moo is the epitome of a business that has truly harnessed Web2.0.

Yessir. The Web is the foundation.