Paul Carttar will be officially announced today (April 7) as director of the Social Innovation Fund at the Corporation for National and Community Service. April 8th is the due date for the first round of proposals from entities that want to be designated as re-grantmaking intermediaries. These intermediaries will collectively distribute $50 million in Social Innovation Fund dollars plus a dollar-for-dollar or higher private sector match that they will bring to the program. Carttar talked with the Rick Cohen of the Nonprofit Quarterly on April 6th to share his perspectives on the Social Innovation Fund.
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