Emmett Carson on Young Donors of Silicon Valley and Other Forces in Cutting-Edge Philanthropy - GiveSmart.org

Emmett Carson on Young Donors of Silicon Valley and Other Forces in Cutting-Edge Philanthropy - GiveSmart.org: Emmett Carson on Young Donors of Silicon Valley and Other Forces in Cutting-Edge Philanthropy

Silicon Valley evokes forward-thinking leadership, new business models, agile development, and new ways of collaborating. It’s fitting, then, that one of its most well-known philanthropic leaders, Emmett Carson, founding CEO of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), embodies that ethos. As with eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, AOL’s Jean and Steve Case, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg (who gave $500 million in 2012 to the SVCF), and others, Carson has a vision for cutting-edge approaches to philanthropy. Here are three philanthropic insights he shares.