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Big Bets
Partnership, Risk-Taking, and Innovation in Philanthropy
Multimillion-dollar philanthropic investments are a powerful way to advance social change. Yet there aren’t many such big bets. While social change dominates major donors' objectives, only 20 percent of big-bet dollars go to such causes. We seek to catalyze a significant increase in the number of big bets devoted to inequities.
Learn About Our Work
Unleashing Philanthropy’s Big Bets for Social Change
02/21/2019
big bets
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philanthropy strategy
Making Big Bets for Social Change
William Foster
,
Gail Perreault
,
Alison Powell
,
Chris Addy
11/19/2015 | 29 mins
Big Bets
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philanthropy strategy
Resource Center: Big Bets for Social Change
The Bridgespan Group
11/02/2015
Big Bets
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philanthropy
"Billion Dollar Bets" to Create Economic Opportunity for Every American
Debby Bielak
,
Devin Murphy
, Jim Shelton
5 min
Big Bets
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philanthropy
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social mobility
How Donors Can Spread Ideas to Help Kids
J.B. Pritzker,
Jeffrey Bradach
,
Katherine Kaufmann
04/04/2016 | 6 min
early childhood
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philanthropy strategy
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