Kirsch says there are now 30 venture philanthropy funds, up from 3 when she started New Profit.

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Like a venture-capital firm, they are seeding a number of small causes in a style that has come to be called venture philanthropy.

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Eirene is a firm focused on building for-profit, for purpose and venture philanthropy endeavors that tackle problems affecting at least 1 billion people.

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It calls its brand of charity venture philanthropy.

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For example, the SIF grant-making intermediary Venture Philanthropy Partners is reaching thousands of disconnected teens in the lowest income neighborhoods of Washington, DC, with strategies that are resulting in success in high school, college admission, and success in college.

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Combining the experiences and using the skill-sets that I possess, I hope to cover the growth and development of the budding field of impact investing in Asia to increase awareness of venture philanthropy and encourage more philanthropic individuals in the private sector to join and contribute to making the world a better place by using their private sector expertise, skill-sets and passion untapped.

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Will she stick with engineering, venture capital--or philanthropy? (At age 15 Fu founded a nonprofit to bring the arts to homeless shelters, orphanages and senior centers.) She says she'll definitely stay in school and probably apply for an M.

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No longer involved in day-to-day operations at Sequoia Capital because of an incurable medical condition, venture capitalist Michael Moritz has turned his focus to philanthropy.

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This particular panel, at the Forbes 400 Summit On Philanthropy last June, included two Silicon Valley venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Jim Breyer, along with Dr. Cheryl Dorsey, a Harvard-trained pediatrician, former White House fellow, and now the president of Echoing Green, a pioneer in the social entrepreneurship movement.

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Arrillaga-Andreessen is also the Founder, former Chairman (1998-2008), and Chairman Emeritus of the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), and she sits on the faculty and teaches Strategic Philanthropy at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

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