Fusing the Art and Science of Effective Giving with Peter Karoff
Date Published: January 20, 2012
Join The Boston Foundation and The Philanthropic Initaitive for a breakfast with Peter Karoff, founder of TPI, author, poet and renowned philanthropic adviser.
Fusing the Art and Science of Effective Giving will explore the dichotomy, the truths, and the falsehoods that exist for donors and foundations looking to advance both the art and science of their philanthropy.
Please join us
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
8:00am - 10:00am
at
The Boston Foundation
75 Arlington Street, Floor 10
Boston, MA 02116
Please RSVP to Kristin David at kristin.david@tbf.org by Wednesday, February 1st
About Peter Karoff
H. Peter Karoff is founder of The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), and was President of TPI from 1989 to 2002. For 25 years, prior to founding TPI, Peter was in the insurance and real estate businesses. He has been on the board of more than 30 nonprofit organizations, including Blackside Productions, producer of the PBS series, The Eyes on the Prize. Current board affiliations include: Management Sciences for Health, Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst Foundation, Robina Foundation, and the Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University where he has served as a Senior Fellow.
Peter is the author of The World We Want – new dimensions in philanthropy and social change, (AltaMira Press - 2007) and editor of Just Money – A Critique of Contemporary American Philanthropy, (TPI Editions - 2004.) Peter’s poetry has been published and anthologized. A graduate of Brandeis University and Columbia University, he received an Honorary Degree from Lesley University in 2002. He was made a Fellow of the McDowell Colony in 1989 and in 2006 became a Purpose Prize Fellow. Peter teaches at the University of California at Santa Barbara in the Global and International Studies Program
