THE POWER OF VENTURE PHILANTHROPY
OUR MISSION
To amplify the impact of philanthropic capital by investing in groundbreaking companies whose values and business goals are aligned with the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
CHALLENGES
We want our funding to have maximum impact.
We want to be personally engaged with the companies in which we invest.
Entrepreneurs need patient, non-dilutive capital to bring transformative innovations to market.
OUR SOLUTION
We invest philanthropic capital in private companies with social and environmental impact.
We invest non dilutive capital in our chosen cause areas.
We provide a new funding channel for entrepreneurs.
WE COLLABORATE WITH
• Entrepreneurs • Family Offices • Philanthropists • Public Charities • Private Foundations
• Donor Advised Funds
• Community Foundations • Financial advisors
TEAM
Peter McCrea, President, Director
Trustee, Lemmon Foundation; Chairman, Livelihoods Council, Save the Children.
$582 million in donor advised and private foundation transactions in seven years.
Kristine McDonough
Built six multi-billion-dollar asset platforms at U.S. Trust and Bank of America. Grew investment firm from $300 million to over $5 billion in six years.
Tom Weinbaum
Increased charitable assets by over $5 billion within eight years. Past clients include: MIT Solve, Save the Children, USC, Foundation Group, X-Prize, and Mongabay.
Saralyn Mark, MD
Former Senior Medical Advisor to the White House, NASA, and HHS. Founder and CEO of SolaMed Solutions. Founder of iGIANT, the world’s only accelerator for gendered innovation. Columbia, NYU.
William Yuan
Chairman, Cure Pharmaceutical. Advisor to Amgen, Biogen, GE. Managed $488 billion pension fund for Merrill Lynch. Senior VP, Technology Investments for Morgan Stanley. Mergers & Acquisitions at Goldman Sachs. BS Economics, Cornell. Mason Fellow, Kennedy School, Harvard.
Kelly Kiefer
Strategic development in impact investing, art, philanthropy, risk mitigation for trustees involved in wealth transfer, and mental health innovation. Nomadx Solutions. Lumen Society.
Randy Fox, CFP, AEP
Served over three hundred families with $500 million directed to philanthropy. Editor-in-Chief of Planned Giving Design Center, the largest PG library in the world.
Greta Gustafson
Senior Managing Director, Landvest. Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Icahn Enterprises. National Association of Homebuilders Lifetime Achievement Award. LEED Accredited Professional. Boston University.
Dr. Jennifer Levin Carter
25 years as investment analyst of biotech, pharmaceutical & medical device firms. Physician & seasoned entrepreneur. Yale BS, Harvard MD & MPH, MIT MBA.
Catherine Day
Over a decade at the nexus of media, technology, social impact, and public health. Production Executive at CurrentTV – Al Gore’s initiative to “re-democratize the media.” Producer at LinkTV.org, the largest non-profit channel in the U.S., Executive VP at Spielberg’s Dreamscape Immersive.
Nancy Christiano
Creator of high-value strategic collaborations in social impact areas of the environment, climate change, energy, education, health, and empowerment of women. Project fundraising for causes of Sir Richard Branson, the Dalai Lama, Charlize Theron, Queen Noor, and Jane Goodall.
Michael Fitzpatrick
Classically trained virtuoso cellist. Recipient of The Prince Charles Award for Musical Excellence. Performed for 23 years with Nobel Peace Laureate His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Musical Keynote for Pope Francis. Aspen Music Fellowship. Music Director, Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards.
Alexandra Ducocq
21 years in entertainment, technology and nonprofit fundraising. Worked with Oprah Winfrey, Hugh Jackman, and Jerry Bruckheimer. Head of Operations at CharityStars and Prizeo. Founder, We Do Launch with clients such as Charitybuzz, Global Citizen, the Red Cross, and Malaria No More.
Paul D’Alessandro
Founder and CEO of D’Alessandro, Inc., one of the top nonprofit fundraising strategists in the US. Advised hundreds of clients ranging in goals from $1 million to multi-billions in his 30-year career. Clients include University of Notre Dame, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Covenant House and the YMCA.
Judy Friedman, Esq.
25 years of legal, corporate & social entrepreneurship. Founder, Audacious Philanthropy. EVP, PhilmCo Media. VP, Business & Legal Affairs, Saban Capital Group. Advisory Board, Center for High Impact Philanthropy. University of Pennsylvania, Loyola Law School.
Dirk Schroeder, ScD, MPH
Co-founder HolaDoctor (WebMD for Spanish speakers). Professor, Emory Goizueta Business School. CEO, UpDraft Health Innovation Advisors. Associate Professor, Global Health, Emory University. Stanford BA, Johns Hopkins ScD, MPH.
Peter Horton
Producer, actor, writer, director. Known for Thirtysomething, Grey’s Anatomy, The Cure, Who Killed the Electric Car?, American Odyssey, The Philanthropist, and New Amsterdam. Emmy nominee, Producer’s Guild winner, Golden Globe winner.
Scott Larson
Former EVP & Chief Strategic Officer at Curry Rockefeller Group. CEO, Osprey Communications — acquired by WPP. Awards from Telly, Questar, Vision, Cine Golden Eagle.
Michael Jakary
25 years in music and entertainment as VP of Distribution and Senior VP Marketing for Universal Music Group. Co-founder, Ten Foot Hedge Productions. Talent management, marketing, Executive Producer of series, documentaries. Clients: Special Olympics, Comic-con, World Team Tennis. Wayne State University.
Alan Bell, Esq
Former organized crime prosecutor turned environmental crime prosecutor. Founder, Environmental Health Foundation, endorsed by Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Vice President Al Gore. Victim and survivor of environmental poisoning. Legal champion for the rights of victims.
Dalip Gambir
30 years as advisor and investment banker with Citi, AMEX, OPIC, and McKinsey. Completed global investment transactions totaling $6 billion. Wharton MBA.