Venture Philanthropy at Scale

One of the most exciting developments in philanthropyPhilanthropy and social impactSocial impact has been the rise of venture philanthropyVenture philanthropy firms focused on making larger gifts for scaleScale. The last ten years have seen the emergence of players looking to deploy larger philanthropyPhilanthropy into nonprofitsNonprofits on behalf of donors at previously unseen levels. This is similar to the spectrum of private equityPrivate equity investments which range from the small, early-stage venture capitalVenture capital level to larger growthGrowth equity and buyout levels.