The Story of Global Fund for Women

Lecture Description

Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women talks about the organization as a classic Silicon Valley story taking birth in a kitchen in 1987. The organization provides seed and strengthening capital for social entrepreneurs who are working for change.

Course Index

1. Definition of Entrepreneurship
2. The Story of Global Fund for Women
3. Early Investors in Global Fund for Women
4. Distributing Capital: Using an Exisiting, Well Informed Network
5. Women Drive Change in Their Circumstances and Communities.
6. Challenging the Traditional Model of Philanthropy
7. Women's Issues
8. Examples of Social Entrepreneurs
9. The Current Need For the True Spirit of Entrepreneurship
10. The Universality of Human Rights
11. Sense of Being a Global Citizen
12. Sustainability for Non-Profit Organizations
13. A Different Kind of Philanthropy
14. Local vs. International Philanthropy
15. Measure of Success in Philanthropy
16. Grantee Selection Criteria for Global Fund for Women
17. Grass Roots Work vs. Philanthropic Work