Thursday, December 20, 2007

2 Young Hedge-Fund Veterans Stir Up the World of Philanthropy - New York Times

2 Young Hedge-Fund Veterans Stir Up the World of Philanthropy - New York Times: "Mr. Karnofsky and Mr. Hassenfeld, both 26, are the founders and sole employees of GiveWell, which studies charities in particular fields and ranks them on their effectiveness. GiveWell is supported by a charity they created, the Clear Fund, which makes grants to charities they recommend in their research.

Their efforts are shaking up the field of philanthropy, generating the kind of buzz more typically devoted to Bill Gates and Warren E. Buffett, as charities ponder what, if anything, their rigorous approach to evaluation means for the future."

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