Preparing charities for venture philanthropy

Howard Lake | 19 February 2001 | News

“Successful venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are turning their extensive energy and resources to help charities turn commercial venture business and social ideas into results,” reports consultant John Pepin.

“Successful venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are turning their extensive energy and resources to help charities turn commercial venture business and social ideas into results,” reports consultant John Pepin.

In the second of his articles on venture philanthropy published by UK Fundraising, Pepin explains “how charities, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs may work together in strategic alliances.”

His advice is practical, based on his 20 years’ experience of commercial ventures for charities. In his article, “charities are shown how to prepare themselves to take advantage of these entrepreneurial opportunities.”

He adds that “although the emphasis in this article is on venture philanthropy, the processes outlined may be used to help a charity take advantage of opportunities within the broader social entrepreneurial context.” Venture Capitalists become Venture Philanthropists (in PDF) by John Pepin on UK Fundraising. A version of this article was published in Philanthropy in Europe magazine.

Read his first article on Revenue Generation through Commercial Ventures published last week on UK Fundraising.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.