Edward Skloot, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy; Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society  

Office Location: 240A Sanford Building
Office Phone: +1 919 613 7433, 613 7432
Duke Box: 90522
Email Address: edward.skloot@duke.edu

Areas of Expertise

  • Philanthropy and Nonprofits

Education:
M.I.A, School of International Affairs, Columbia University, 1966
B.A., Union College, 1963

Research Categories: Social sector issues, public policy, foundation and nonprofit organization and operations, civic enagement

Office Hours:
Thursday, 1:30 - 3:30pm

Recent Publications

  1. Edward Skloot. "The Gated Community." Alliance 16.4 (Fall, 2011): 32-35.  [abs]
  2. with Lucy Bernholz, Edward Skloot and Barry Varela. "Disrupting Philanthropy:Technology and the Future of the Social Sector"." published independently by the Center. (2010): 51. (Published both in web and in hardcopy.)  [abs] [author's comments]
  3. with Paul Bloom and Edward Skloot. Scaling Social Impact: New Thinking.  Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
  4. Edward Skloot and Joel L. Fleishman. "Send Stimulus Money to the Nation's Charities".  The Chronicle of Philanthropy 21 (January 15, 2009): one.
  5. Edward Skloot. Beyond the Money: Reflections on Philanthropy, The Nonprofit Sector and Civic Life, 1999-2006. The Surdna Foundation, Fall, 2007. 138 pp. (Compilation of speeches and papers by Edward Skloot during these years.)

Curriculum Vitae

Bio/Profile
Edward Skloot is Director of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society and Professor of the Practice at the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University. In June 2007 he retired as President of the Surdna Foundation, a family foundation headquartered in New York City with assets of approx. $1 billion. Before coming to Surdna, Skloot was founder and President of New Ventures, a nonprofit consulting firm that assisted other NGOs in earning income as a complement to fundraising. Earlier, he served as a senior official in the governments of New York City and New York State and worked in the for-profit world as a management consultant. Currently, Skloot serves on the boards of Independent Sector, Venture Philanthropy Partners, TROSA, Citizens Schools and Partners for Palliative Care. He is a member of the advisory boards of the Bridgespan Group and the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Stanford University. The Surdna Foundation has published a compilation of Skloot’s recent speeches in the book Beyond the Money: Reflections on Philanthropy, the Nonprofit Sector, and Civic Life, 1999-2006. He is co-editor of "Scalaing Social Impact" published by Palgrave-MacMillan in 2010.

Edward Skloot