November 27, 2013

Defining risk in philanthropy: Steve McCormick believes foundations’ financial security unleashes them

Risk-taking in philanthropy is “quite attractive,” says Steve McCormick, because even if investments fail, “we’ll still have funding. So, we can test out hypotheses that may have a 25% chance of working. If they do, they’re game changers.”
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