Larry - thank you for this well thought out and extremely helpful article. In the midst of so much emotion about payout it was logical and rational and I will be sharing with my Finance Committee.
I find it peculiar that this article starts with quoting Vu Le several times and objecting to his premises but I do not see a response article from Vu. Was none requested? Why would you exclude him from this debate as he is the one asking the important questions that you so struggle to answer?
Thank you for your question Raffael. You are not the first person to ask how we selected the nine people who wrote responses to Larry Kramer’s keynote article, and why others were not selected. We initially reached out to 17 people representing a variety of viewpoints, foundations, organizations, countries, races, and genders, asking them to write a response. Nine people said yes. We did not ask Vu Le to respond, nor did we ask some of the other people whose comments Kramer linked to or who he mentioned in his article. Our goal was to publish views that were representative of the range of opinion on payout rates, not just people that Kramer critiqued in his article. We did, however, publish a piece by Phil Buchanan who Kramer did call out in his article and a piece by Edgar Villanueva who has a critique that is similar to Le’s. While we are no longer publishing formal responses to Kramer’s article we encourage everyone who has an opinion on this topic to express it as a “comment” to this article or any other article in the series.
Eric Nee, editor in chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review
I want thank Larry Kramer for his excellently constructed,
well reasoned, cogent, and absolutely needed keynote article.
While not speaking for all philanthropic leaders, or seeking to
dictate a perspective that all need follow, he offers a
thoughtful and mature view on how the Hewlett
Foundation is responding to an expansive range of societal needs
while managing its resources in a rational, balanced, and
sustainable fashion.
This article should be required reading for all
philanthropic leaders seeking guidance in these troubled
times.
COMMENTS
BY Michaelle Smith
ON January 11, 2021 10:04 AM
Larry - thank you for this well thought out and extremely helpful article. In the midst of so much emotion about payout it was logical and rational and I will be sharing with my Finance Committee.
BY Raffael Hoffmann
ON January 11, 2021 11:48 AM
I find it peculiar that this article starts with quoting Vu Le several times and objecting to his premises but I do not see a response article from Vu. Was none requested? Why would you exclude him from this debate as he is the one asking the important questions that you so struggle to answer?
BY ERIC NEE
ON January 13, 2021 11:48 AM
Thank you for your question Raffael. You are not the first person to ask how we selected the nine people who wrote responses to Larry Kramer’s keynote article, and why others were not selected. We initially reached out to 17 people representing a variety of viewpoints, foundations, organizations, countries, races, and genders, asking them to write a response. Nine people said yes. We did not ask Vu Le to respond, nor did we ask some of the other people whose comments Kramer linked to or who he mentioned in his article. Our goal was to publish views that were representative of the range of opinion on payout rates, not just people that Kramer critiqued in his article. We did, however, publish a piece by Phil Buchanan who Kramer did call out in his article and a piece by Edgar Villanueva who has a critique that is similar to Le’s. While we are no longer publishing formal responses to Kramer’s article we encourage everyone who has an opinion on this topic to express it as a “comment” to this article or any other article in the series.
Eric Nee, editor in chief, Stanford Social Innovation Review
BY Dr. Charles F. Desmond
ON January 16, 2021 10:38 AM
I want thank Larry Kramer for his excellently constructed,
well reasoned, cogent, and absolutely needed keynote article.
While not speaking for all philanthropic leaders, or seeking to
dictate a perspective that all need follow, he offers a
thoughtful and mature view on how the Hewlett
Foundation is responding to an expansive range of societal needs
while managing its resources in a rational, balanced, and
sustainable fashion.
This article should be required reading for all
philanthropic leaders seeking guidance in these troubled
times.