Tech entrepreneurs really give differently, says David Goldberg. They want to put money behind moonshot projects that could change the world. The value of assets and DAFs is up nearly 170% in the five years to 2021. You can do your for-profit work through it. And you can even do political advocacy through them.
Charitable giving is being disrupted by the same youthful tech folk who got rich disrupting other sectors: these days it is fast, data-driven and bureaucracy-light. We meet a new class of investors who trade shares from behind bars. And reflecting on the life of Maya Widmaier-Picasso, who spent her childhood painting alongside her father, becoming an expert on his work.
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