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It's likely you've all heard of Give Well. And, if not, time to pull your head up out of the sand. Here is a primer. Young upstarts challenge the way funding is measured, because when they went to find the CNET of charities, it didn’t exist. And, as such, they’re taking on the traditional foundation model. They are looking for total transparency — and ran into the same problem many individual donors have. Charities have a hard time showing programs work, foundations don’t share the thinking behind their donations and there is no true measure of effectiveness. Thursday’s blog post on True Expert of Old Boys Club is worth reading. It is brash, insightful and challenging. 

On the same day, we pointed to the EMCF annual report on our blog.  While many foundations are struggling to verify expertise and rationale, EMCF is there. So, we’re giving them a shout out. Again. In the meantime, bookmark Give Well’s blog. If you’re NOT reading it, you’re missing some dynamic stuff.

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