This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When a hard-nosed venture capital firm like Andreessen Horowitz puts money into your startup, you know you have money-making potential. Brooklyn fintech startup Propel has long had users for its app aimed at food…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Diverse groups of people bring to organizations more and different ways of seeing a problem and, thus, faster/better ways of solving it.” We want to let you in on an…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even with improvements in unemployment rates and the economy over the past few years, the rates of hunger in America remain pervasively high. Some 12.7 percent of people living in…
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Andrew Carnegie’s giving to create thousands of public libraries around the United States is one of the more well-known stories of how philanthropy has improved life in America. Most of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I publish a lot of posts about school choice — the movement to offer alternatives to traditional public schools — and consequences of choice policies, but this is a little…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The US wealth gap is fueling a gap in education and upward mobility. In addition to income, wealth can buy educational achievement through more books, tutors, and private schools. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A lot of factors have contributed to American inequality: slavery, economic policy, technological change, the power of lobbying, globalization, and so on. In their wake, what’s left? That’s the question…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Given that Walmart is the largest employer in America, second only to the government, the fact that they are taking an active stance in addressing women’s empowerment is particularly important.…
CEO Nancy Roob describes that what unites Blue Meridian Partners is “a shared sense that we cannot go it alone in our philanthropy.”
At this year’s TEDxPennAve in Washington DC, Nancy Roob shared how a life-changing experience encouraged her and EMCF to re-imagine the way philanthropists collaborate to help meet our nation’s most pressing challenges.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been an exciting year since we announced publicly last January the launch of Blue Meridian Partners. Most notably, we have been joined by two new General Partners and approved investments in six…