Friday Rewind

The Friday Rewind offers a snapshot of PhilanthroNews —  that means news stories, articles, events of note, or information updates — from around our network and throughout the broad world of philanthropy. Whether you take a quick skim of the material or a deep dive through each item we hope to help inform your work and inspire your thinking.

1. Reid Hoffman may be best known as the founder of the networking site LinkedIn, but these days he’s more of an investor than inventor. Hoffman, who is worth an estimated $3.2 billion, is a partner with the venture capital firm Greylock, which invests in companies such as Groupon and Airbnb. He also spends a lot of time and money on philanthropic causes, giving multi million dollar gifts to nonprofits such as Change.org and LLCs like the Chan Zuckerbeg Initiative. In this Atlantic interview with Hoffman, he talks about his approach to giving and how to limit outsized influence of the wealthiest Americans on Public Policy. Read the Full Story Here.
2. Mike Scutari from Inside Philanthropy looks at the challenge arts funders have of reaching diverse audiences. At the center of his article is the launch of a new $6 million program by the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust, The Met, NYU, and 19 New York city organizations to explore how arts based-organizations can serve as “positive, relevant, and inspiring forces in the daily lives of diverse communities.” Read the Full Story Here.
3. There is a “neomania” — or a fascination with the new — gripping our world. While self-driving cars roam our streets in Singapore, ominous headlines warn about the looming obsolescence of labor and management. For those of us leaders who still want to keep our jobs, fear not: there are three important manager functions that even the best software cannot fulfill. Read the Full Story Here.
4. Youth Philanthropy Connect (YPC) and Youth Philanthropy Initiative of Indiana (YPII) are partnering to host a 4-part webinar series designed to support next-gen leadership and giving opportunities. These FREE webinars feature national experts and youth philanthropists highlighting topics of meeting facilitation, diversifying youth programming, successful media strategies for sharing your story, and top resources on youth philanthropy. Read the Full Story and Register Here.
5. In this opinion piece for the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Maxwell King writes on his friendship with Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The two men were schoolmates more than fifty years ago, and King remembers Mueller’s character and values being as firmly rooted then as they are now, and discusses how those values are currently protecting philanthropy as much as they are serving the Department of Justice. Read the Full Story Here.

Friday Rewind is published each Friday by NY Funders Alliance staff. To submit a story for the Friday Rewind, please email programs@nyfunders.org.