BB2C’s Executive Director, Paula Shirk, is featured in an article by Joan Oleck and Laura Collins-Hughes appearing in the November/December 2007 edition of “Contribute New York.”
The article begins…
The Big Thing in philanthropy these days is all about doing more with less—and doing it yourself. Think Ad Hoc funding circles with small memberships and small-scale, targeted objective. Armed with BlackBerrys and billfolds, today’s new mainstream Medicis are looking for the personal connection that comes from supporting an individual artist or caregiver in need, whether halfway around the world or right here in New York.
And while these new patrons may well be famous or unfamously young and wealthy, they also can be both non-famous and non-rich, jumping in simply to support projects they care about at home or in other parts of the world.
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