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Kony video offers lesson in donor due diligence
Investment News, March 18, 2012 (Story quotes SVP Executive Connector, Paul Shoemaker)

The 360 Degree View
The Nonprofit Times: Special Report, December 2011 (Story by SVP Executive Connector, Paul Shoemaker)

Seattle's Social Innovation Fast Pitch awards $175K in grants & investment
Puget Sound Business Journal, October 4, 2011

Doing well by doing good: Winners from the Social Innovation Fast Pitch event
Geekwire, October 4, 2011

"Social innovators" make pitch, win grants at Seattle Center
Seattle Times, October 3, 2011

Nonprofit SVP Meets Measure of Success
The Seattle Times, August 14, 2011

The 2011 NPT Power and Influence Top 50 
The Nonprofit Times, August 1, 2011 (Features SVP Executive Connector, Paul Shoemaker)

Raising the bar for philanthropy
Alliance Magazine, December 1, 2010

Bellevue students join teen activists in Youth Summit
Bellevue Reporter, March 9, 2010

Voices That Matter: Paul Shoemaker, on Becoming a Social Entrepreneur
MSN: Business on Main, October 8, 2009

New Ideas Shouldn't Necessarily Spawn New Nonprofit Groups
Chronicle and Philanthropy - Give & Take: A round up of blogs about the nonprofit world, January 7, 2009

Inside Entrepreneurship: Nonprofit boards will welcome your talents
Seattle P-I, December 25, 2008 

Charity begins in the office
Financial Times, November 11, 2008

Money Without Strings: The Debate Over Operating Support
Chronicle of Philanthropy - Live Discussions, September 2, 2008

Can Foundations Take the Long View Again?
The New York Times, January 6, 2008 (features interview with Paul Shoemaker)

"Are you Ready for Venture Philanthropy?"
YMCA Developments, Winter 2008

"Get What You Pay For When It Comes To Grants"
Exempt, September/October 2007 (Commentary by Paul Shoemaker)

Profiting from Failure: What nonprofits and donors can learn from the closing of a venture philanthropy firm
Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2007 

Special Report on Philanthropy
CNN in the Money, November 25, 2006 (features interview with Paul Shoemaker)

When Charity Begins in a Circle of Friends
New York Times, October 9, 2005

25 Entrepreneurs who are changing the world
Fast Company, December 7, 2004

Social Venture Partners: High-tech workers have new vision for giving
Seattle Times, December 21, 2003

Venture Philanthropy in a Changed World
Philanthropy News Digest, September 16, 2002  

Think Tank Specials – The Giving Boom: How the New Philanthropy will Change America
PBS, July 12, 2001

Internet's Rich Are Giving It Away, Their Way
New York Times, February 11, 2000

Sowing the Seeds of Philanthropy
The Seattle Times, February 15, 1999

Foundation Goes High-Tech
The Seattle Times, June 11, 1997

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