The New York Times’ Stephanie Strom and Miguel Helft have taken a good look at how, and why, Google’s experiment aimed at reinventing philanthropy — google.org, aka “DotOrg” — hasn’t worked out.
The article mostly focuses on Dr. Larry Brilliant, a public health expert and tech entrepreneur, who was selected to run Google’s new foray into philanthropy.
The gist of the NYTimes analysis is that most of DotOrg’s projects aimed at improving health, promoting clean energy and the like didn’t go anywhere because Brilliant’s style clashed with the Google culture.
Brilliant, by the way, is now with the Skoll Foundation.
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