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Smaller, locally-based companies with low CEO salary multipliers are a key foundation of community prosperity.
Municipalities should fear the economic effects of giant conglomerates and international corps on their community wealth base. Does your town’s Ec Dev department have a balancing strategy?
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8/ The book is in German and is focused on German philanthropic structures, but the themes are resonant in North America, too. Worth a glance for anyone thinking seriously about the role of money in driving (or delaying) social transformation. #philanthropy #impactinvesting
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7/ The real opportunity lies with next-gen inheritors—those poised to unlock wealth for systemic change rather than preservation.
There’s going to be massive transformation in how philanthropy looks and feels amongst the incoming generation of inheritocrats.
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6/ More impact investing. More social entrepreneurship. More trust-based philanthropy. More direct participation from affected communities.
I would add, more flow-funding and radical support for field catalysts.
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5/ Oldenberg offers an insider’s critique of philanthropy’s structural blockages—why wealth doesn’t flow where it’s most needed. The solutions mentioned aren’t cutting edge—we have the tools!
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4/ Foundations often claim to serve public good, but legally must preserve endowments. That tension helps sustain the status quo instead of changing it.
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3/ Oldenberg argues, and I agree, that systemic energy—aka money—is trapped in philanthropic structures designed to protect capital, not transform society.
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2/ “‘Foundations are the most consistent form, to lock up wealth.’”
In Germany, legal requirements to preserve assets can block timely social investment. Not so different here—where is a wealth manager’s incentive to disburse the pile? (How could we incentivize differently?)
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SETEC ASTRONOMY = TOO MANY SECRETS