Nonprofit consultant John Kozeski discusses how ultra-wealthy individuals manage large-scale charitable capital distribution through third-party clearinghouses.
“There are entire firms that exist and they have two or three clients at most, and their job is just to give away these funds. I mean, it's been a race for all nonprofits to try to identify You know, who's that clearing house for the Mackenzie Scott's of the world that are just, you know, sprinkling twenty million dollars on school districts and food pantries. You know, who's making those decisions because it's not Mackenzie Scott that's doing it.”
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