The charity and not-for-profit sector is rarely seen as a leader in innovation, but my guest today is working hard to change that. Mark Reading is head of the Atlassian Foundation, he’s the bridge between the Aussie technology success-story that is Atlassian, and the charities they choose to support through their Pledge-1% model.
The Foundation is pushing back against the most restrictive norms of the Not-For-Profit sector to drive pioneering new projects and funding models in their mission to educate disadvantaged youth around the world.
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On this episode…
We dig into the nature of the ‘foundation’, how they operate and how they can be improved. Mark explains how they choose the charities they support, and also the regulations that govern their operations.
And Mark explains the unique ‘charitable impact investing’ model that they’ve agreed with the guys from Humanitix.
My key takeaway this week…
Once again we’re seeing the power of business-model innovation to re-engineer our economy to better serve those who are disadvantage, or who were otherwise excluded.
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