Priscilla Chan and The Future of Inclusive Philanthropy

She's young, she's highly educated, and she likes to be involved in funding strategy  -- all traits that suggest Priscilla Chan will be making an enormous impact on philanthropy over the next decade and beyond. "Chan is a hands-on leader of Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), taking charge of many of the day-to-day operational details of scaling up a large philanthropic enterprise," David Callahan recently told me. Callahan is founder and publisher of Inside Philanthropy, and interviewed Chan for his new book, The Givers, due out  April 11th. "Chan has spent all of her adult life as a front-line practitioner working with vulnerable families, and brings that mindset and experience to CZI," observed Callahan. "You can see that most recently in the new housing initiative to stop low-income families from be

Author: Kiersten Marek

Kiersten Marek, LICSW, is the founder of Philanthropy Women. She practices clinical social work and writes about how women donors and their allies are advancing social change.

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