{"id":1155,"date":"2014-10-14T00:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2014-10-14T00:50:35","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T16:50:35","slug":"mooc-beyond-silicon-valley-2-role-of-philanthropy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/mooc-beyond-silicon-valley-2-role-of-philanthropy\/","title":{"rendered":"MOOC – Beyond Silicon Valley #2: Role of philanthropy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, we began to follow Coursera’s new MOOC \u00ab\u00a0Beyond Silicon Valley: Growing Entrepreneurship in Transitioning Economies\u00a0\u00bb<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and wrapped-up the first lesson on the role of government<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This week, we tackle another topic, with the Role of philanthropy and donors:<\/strong> why do they get involved, how different are they from invests and governments? US laws allow companies to give money to non-for profit association, usually through foundation. The Cleveland foundation, one of the first set up in the US, used to help more the artistic scene.<\/p>\n

Role of philanthropy: patient donors who can match funds<\/h2>\n

In Ohio, alongside the Ohio Third Frontier<\/a> program covered last week, a new foundation, the Fund for our economic future,<\/a><\/strong> was set up to support an economic rebirth of north-eastern Ohio, with $80m in funding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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