Download or read book The New Philanthropists and the Emergence of Venture Philanthropy written by Brock Brower and published by Center for Strategic & International Studies. This book was released on 2001 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the fundamental shift in wealth behind all the recent eleemosynary activity dependent on the New Economy -- activity that is often accompanied by a challenging, entrepreneurial approach to giving-and attempts to evaluate how successful these venture philanthropists will be in their efforts to fund significant but tightly controlled and financially viable programs, while seeking to effect fundamental changes in the organizing principles of philanthropy.