For the past three years, my colleague Lucy Bernholz has published her annual Philanthropy and Social Investing: Blueprint, an industry forecast about the social economy – private capital used for public good. Each year it provides an overview of the current landscape, points to major trends, and directs your attention to horizons where you can expect some important breakthroughs in the coming year. The 2012 blueprint is now available and it is well worth time to read.
Lucy Bernholz is a self-described a philanthropy wonk who has been working in, consulting to, and writing about philanthropy and the social economy since 1990. She writes the definitive blog on the topic called Philanthropy 2172. She’s currrently a visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society.






