Big Bets

Sean Davis ()
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Sean Davis: Merton Capital Partners

Chapter Chapter 11 in Solving the Giving Pledge Bottleneck, 2021, pp 85-98 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract I founded MertonMerton, Thomas in 2014 to help move large philanthropyPhilanthropy into solutions. The earlier days of my work consisted of building large-scale growthGrowth plans for nonprofits, assuming (incorrectly) that if we built unique large-scale plans, donors would fund the projects. I thought The Giving Pledge Bottleneck was mainly caused because the signers of The Giving PledgeThe Giving Pledge, and others wanting to give away mega-gifts, just weren’t being offered opportunities to solve a whole challenge. While I found that those with the ability to finance the solutions to challenges were very interested in hearing about such an approach, getting them to commit funds was a longer process requiring longer-term engagement and meaningful relationships.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-78865-0_11

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