I'm planning to hold a workshop at my home on Micro philanthropy and Really Simple Social Actions (RSSA) sometime in mid March, 2008. Details to follow.

Peter Deitz has done some interesting work around the notion of syndicating donor activity for micro philanthropy. Here is an image of what he envisions, and here is a working mockup.

Below is a growing collection of articles, discussions, and blog posts about micro-philanthropy. 

The engineer
Micro-philanthropy: Tiny gifts of cash, credit, and service identified and delivered through computer networks and the Internet.

The network theorist
Micro-philanthropy: Gifts of cash, credit, or service awarded collectively by groups of individuals in which each donor makes a proportionately small contribution.

The philosopher
Micro-philanthropy: The long-term impact on grant-making of increased decentralization in decision-making and the erosion of hierarchy.

This is a list of some innovative models of giving that involve peer to peer connections between "Helpers" and "Doers"

This is a stub for the Micro Philanthropy theme, collecting the activities and stories. Peter Deitz is the theme leader.

more stuff

 

The Santa Fe Institute is a world renowned center for thinking about complexity and self-organizing systems. We are pleased to have the opportunity to meet in this stimulating environment for elevated thought in a generous spirit with which we may plant the seeds for a self-organizing, self-propagating space for humanitarian uplift.