A bad PR week for (Product)Red orchestrated out of San Francisco raises doubts about the prospects for a long-term sustainable charity campaign (sorry, business model) based on product sales without grassroots fundraising.
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A professor sees potential in the rise of incredibly large philanthropic gestures. But I wonder whether the Gates Foundation is already spread too thin to expect real impact.
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The foundation started by Tennessee-born Sir John Templeton invests in unpopular big ideas like Science and Religion (and Humility, of course).
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This Geneva-based organization tries to coordinate a balanced world-wide response to the top three diseases, with an intense focus on results.
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