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10 Jun

Kiva Moves Into Funding US Entrepreneurs

In a move that could end up having a massive impact on US entrepreneurism, Kiva.org has introduced their peer-to-peer lending service to the US.  Kiva was originally built to alleviate poverty by creating a new capital market for global social entrepreneurs — to the US.
In their report on today’s announcement, TechCrunch reports,

28 Mar

AOL Founder Adopts Facebook Philanthropy

Good friend Rebecca Saltman turned me on to this piece in the Journal of Philanthropy (ironically, a paid subscription site). It looks at how Steve Case leveraged both Parade Magazine and Facebook to build a socially-focused initiative that funds smaller non-profits.
The competitions, financed by the foundation created by Steve Case, founder of AOL, and [...]

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