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aul CarttarPaul Carttar will be officially announced today (April 7) as director of the Social Innovation Fund at the Corporation for National and Community Service. April 8th is the due date for the first round of proposals from entities that want to be designated as re-grantmaking intermediaries. These intermediaries will collectively distribute $50 million in Social Innovation Fund dollars plus a dollar-for-dollar or higher private sector match that they will bring to the program. Carttar talked with the Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit Quarterly on April 6th to share his perspectives on the Social Innovation Fund.
Carttar inherits a rapidly moving program to lead, the subject of lots of public attention and commentary, including some in the pages of the Nonprofit Quarterly (see here and here). But he’s no newbie to the concepts behind this program.
According to his official bio provided by the Corporation, Carttar was one of the co-founders of Bridgespan in 1999, the nonprofit management consulting firm affiliated with Bain and Company, the prestigious for-profit global business consulting firm where he worked from 1983 to 1992. More recently, he has been chief operating officer for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (with a mission of promoting entrepreneurial success), Executive Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at the University of Kansas, Executive Partner with New Profit, a national venture philanthropy fund emphasizing innovation and entrepreneurship, and a Senior Advisor with the Monitor Institute, a nonprofit consulting group and self-described “think tank” helping “innovative leaders develop and achieve sustainable solutions to significant social and environmental problems.”
To read the full, original article click on this link: The Nonprofit Quarterly | Interview with Paul Carttar: Incoming Director of the Social Innovation Fund
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