Meghan Apfelbaum

Director of The Curve at @GoldenGateInst Previously @abundancenetwork @EveryActionHQ @ngpvan @Hustle. Onward.

[Nan Ransohoff @nanransohoff]

New blog post: The third wave of American philanthropy

Hundreds of billions of dollars in new philanthropic capital will soon become liquid. The OpenAI Foundation holds 26% of OpenAI, worth about $220B at today’s valuation. Anthropic’s seven co-founders have pledged to give away 80% of their wealth and have instituted the most aggressive donor matching program for employees in tech history.

How much does this all add up to? And how meaningful is that in the context of philanthropy today?

I was doing some simple napkin math to wrap my head around the scale of what’s coming, and radicalized myself in the process. I had dramatically underappreciated the scale of the philanthropic capital that’s about to become available and the corresponding gap in talent and organizations that will be needed to make the most of it.

This piece aims to directionally sketch the scale of what’s coming, the gap in operational capacity needed to absorb it, and what we can do to fill it.

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[Neil Agarwal @regalstreak]

i accidentally discovered one of the coolest features on the internet

the Wikipedia app has a "nearby" feature that shows wikipedia articles around your location!

i opened it and instantly fell into a rabbit hole of random places, local history and weird things around me

try it and tell me what shows up near you

[emily north @north0fnorth]

found the original 4k+ resolution artemis ii moon photos rather than the compressed 1080p ones official government accounts have been posting and the details are absolutely spectacular

https://t.co/NUGiefdfzK

[Quinn Nelson @SnazzyLabs]

Remember that really tiny e-reader I showed off a few months ago? Well they make a smaller one now that fits on the back of every iPhone with MagSafe.

[Emily Pontecorvo @emilypont]

We are launching a big project today with MIT —

The Electricity Price Hub!

You can view monthly electricity prices per kwh and avg. bills for every major utility in the country going back to Jan 2020.

https://t.co/xcyd51Z8cy

[Ellen DaSilva @ellenjdasilva]

Extremely specific life advice: you can convert Fahrenheit to Celsius with the stops on the 6 train.
33 St =0°
42 St=5°
51 St=10°
59 St=15°
Works to 96th St!

[Bonterra @BonterraTech]

Woodrow Rosenbaum, chief data officer for @GivingTuesday, recently joined three fundraising leaders from Bonterra to discuss the current donor engagement and corporate giving landscape following GivingTuesday and year-end. Access the recording: https://t.co/8CNl9KbD8v

[Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @PP_Rubens]

May the new year be filled with beauty and abundance! From Clara Peeters (& me) to everybody in Europe, where it's now 2023.

[Higher Ground Labs @highergroundlab]

Are you looking for #politicaltech work? We've compiled a list of career & job resources for progressive political tech professionals on the search: https://t.co/NKZfcIAp6H

@AllHandsUS @DigiDems @GAINPOWERORG @BluebonnetData @ProgPipeline @lockshin @TheBridgeWork

[Fair Fight @fairfightaction]

meet me at the ballot box 🌌
https://t.co/FdZ4QA2uDr

[Meghan Apfelbaum @mapfelba]

@HillaryLehr @highergroundlab Makes me so happy that you and @eliotnelson will be working together!!

[Meghan Apfelbaum @mapfelba]

Congrats @wayside_press and @PoliticArena!!

[Higher Ground Labs @highergroundlab]

.@wayside_press brings real-world politics to video games like never before. It is developing Political Arena, the first-ever comprehensive video game universe set in U.S. politics.

https://t.co/xcvj9uqXV0

[Meghan Apfelbaum @mapfelba]

Big day! @EveryActionHQ @salsalabs @SocialSolutions @Network4Good and @CyberGrants have banded together under the @BonterraTech banner to bring top notch client experiences to those working to make the world a safer, cleaner, more just world.

[Bonterra @BonterraTech]

Hi, we're Bonterra. It's nice to meet you! We're here to support the people who make social good possible with technology that accelerates lasting social change. Come say hi and learn more in our blog post: https://t.co/uHSbSxFAOa

[Tim Mak @timkmak]

Morning from Ukraine to all those reading.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.

However, tensions are high along the Ukraine-Belarus border. On Friday afternoon, Ukrainian officials accused Russia of staging a false flag attack...

[Blake Hounshell @blakehounshell]

NEW On Politics: Would you like to be @LeaderMcConnell for a day? Soon, you will be --> https://t.co/KcfPFdXrp1

[NPR Politics @nprpolitics]

A new video game created by a former political journalist is setting out to give players a front row seat to the ups, downs — and ugliness — of modern U.S. politics. https://t.co/PFScUTv33R

[Meghan Apfelbaum @mapfelba]

A massive, massive loss. Max was a friend and ally to so many, an endless well of energy and information, and the king of Hawaiian shirts as professional attire.❤️

[NGP VAN @NGPVAN]

We are devastated at the loss of a member of our NGP VAN & EveryAction family, Max Kamin Cross. Max was a bright and incredibly talented person who brought so much to our company, progressive technology, and our entire community.

[Teddy Amenabar @TeddyAmen]

There's "Sim City," "Roller Coaster Tycoon," even simulations about washing cars. Why are there so few games about politics?

My latest for @LauncherWP: A game about politics. https://t.co/wIKR9DzNks