The New Face of Philanthropy Earned wealth has brought Catherine Muther the chance to experiment with new forms of philanthropy that she hopes will speed up opportunity creation for women and girls.
Venture philanthropy uses the tools of venture capitalism to address social ills.
Essentially, venture philanthropists look at the organizations they assist the way venture capitalists look at new ventures. The pride of 3GF's new ventures is the Women's Technology Cluster in San Francisco. As the cluster gains prominence, attracting requests from around the world to duplicate it, Muther has been recognized as an expert on the new philanthropy. Inc. Muther was a panelist at the 1999 White House Conference on Philanthropy. At her left sat another Stanford venture philanthropist-Kevin Fong, MBA '82, cofounder of Silicon Valley Social Ventures.