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How OpenAI’s Nonprofit-Corporate Structure Fueled the Tumult Around CEO Sam Altman’s Short-Lived Ouster

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Alnoor Ebrahim omohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images CEO Sam Altman, who co-founded OpenAI in 2015, was fired in November 2023, only to return five days later. A management scholar says it appears that OpenAI’s board sought to exercise the "duty of obedience," which obliges them to act in the interest of the organization’s mission.

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Iconiq Impact Awards $56 Million Through Its Education and Economic Mobility Co-Lab

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Prest Abraham Sculley Students attend an Active Minds Speakers event at Sam Houston University. Active Minds works to expand access to mental health care for students.

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve some goal. I think the word has come to mean “using super-human negotiating skill to obtain a superior result “ Terry sent me this: I thought you meant “obtain (something) by indirect or involved means.” No adverse implications.

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Meet the Experts: Interview with TechImpact’s Sam Chenkin

Tech Soup

Sam Chenkin is someone who has advised many people on what to do – in an understandable non-jargony way. Sam’s philosophy is that there shouldn’t be an expectation for busy nonprofit people to be experts in technology, but it is important that they be self-sufficient. ” Here’s my conversation with Sam.

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Your Comprehensive Nonprofit Guide to Getting Started with NEA Grants

Cain Nonprofit Solutions

You will need this to create your SAM registration in the next step and you can also use it to access the grants.gov portal, too. SAM Registration ‘SAM’ stands for ‘System for Award Management’ and like a DUNS number, this is another requirement for applying for and receiving federal awards. What should I do instead?

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Nonprofit Strategy: Three Things to Cleverly Finagle

Clairification

Sam sent me this: I always thought it was someone who could manipulate circumstances to achieve a goal. finagle a day off work ( transitive ) To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitfu l methods, by trickery. I always felt it was sort of clever or creative negotiations to get something done when it seemed like it couldn’t be done.

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Nonprofit Radio for August 29, 2022: Your Tech Problem Is Actually A People Problem

Tony Martignetti

Ananda Robie & Sam Dorman: Your Tech Problem Is Actually A People Problem Wrapping up our #22NTC coverage, Ananda Robie and Sam Dorman sort out why your nonprofit’s technology problem is very likely a people problem. And they share their roadmap to better technology tomorrow.

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