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[24 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 591 views]
PoP at One Year

(From Adam, currently in Nicaragua working on our next partnership)
PoP was founded in October of 2008, with the simple ambition of finding a way to build just a single school. That was it. I was about to turn 25 years old, so I put $25 into a new PoP bank account and we were off. The goal was to throw two small fundraisers with my closest friends in NYC, and turn that multitude of small donations into a school for a community of tremendous need. So one year later, where …

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[4 Aug 2009 | 2 Comments | 586 views]
Young, ambitious, and global minded

The traditional image of a philanthropist - an older man in a vest sitting solemnly in a red armchair – is, well, too traditional. A new report published by Barclays Wealth shows that a new breed of wealthy philanthropists is emerging. They are younger, more socially aware, and more motivated to give back to the communities.
Nicknamed the ‘Go Giver’, this ambitious group has a stronger commitment to philanthropy than older generations and feels more responsibility to support charities and causes. More than their older counterparts, they believe that giving will become more incumbent on the wealthy because …

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[15 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 290 views]

Let’s start with a little exercise: pick three adjectives to describe a nonprofit that serves a good cause. You have 5 seconds – starting now.
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Time’s up, what did you come up with? Inspiring? Charitable?  Helpful? Nice?
How about sassy, business-savvy, and sexy?
That’s the image that charity : water has achieved, thanks to its founder Scott Harrison’s vision. If charity : water were to become a real life character – and it already has plenty of it – it would be sharp, posh, and undeniably sexy. Partnering with Hollywood celebrities and high-end fashion retailers, charity : …