When LINsanity Comes to Philanthropy

Thursday, March 15, 2012

What does Jeremy Lin have to do with the future of philanthropy? Nathan Cummings Foundation President and CEO Simon Greer talks about how philanthropy can benefit by taking risks on the unconventional.

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