A leading voice of new philanthropy
Dr. Jason Franklin is the Founder & Principal of Ktisis Capital through which serves as a strategic advisor to a mix of progressive individual donors, families, foundations and philanthropic collaboratives. He has spent over twenty years engaged in progressive philanthropy across a wide range of roles including donor advisor, scholar, grantmaker, family & independent trustee, and donor organizer. He also serves as chair of the Michigan Alliance and treasurer of the Threshold Foundation and is a member of the Smithsonian’s Philanthropy Initiative Working Group, Threshold’s High Impact Documentary Funding Circle, Democracy Alliance, Solidaire, and WINGS: Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support. He previously worked as the inaugural Kellogg Community Philanthropy Chair at the Johnson Center for Philanthropy and before that as Executive Director of Bolder Giving, an organization that inspired people to give big & take more risks with their philanthropy.
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“The important thing is to act. We shouldn't let our privilege allow us to delay as we find the 'best' work, there is so much 'good' work that needs support now. Timing matters."
– Dr. Jason Franklin