Solving the Giving Pledge Bottleneck

This ground-breaking book highlights the rising tide of good that is reshaping capitalism and how The Giving Pledge, and secondarily the ESG movement, are its two main drivers. It focuses on the executional bottleneck that The Giving Pledge has created, as it is extremely challenging to give hundreds of billions away with measurable impact to nonprofits which, in many ways, are not prepared or designed to scale.

To resolve this bottleneck, the author proposes a new way to efficiently and effectively invest philanthropy to solve some of our largest social and environmental challenges. It details an innovative approach to solving the housing crisis and providing all the permanent affordable housing for our national workforce and for the vulnerable. It also outlines how this new approach can significantly advance the fight against climate change and bring clean water to millions in America by making philanthropic private equity deals to invest billions through our largest private companies. It will be of interest to philanthropists, corporate CEOs, nonprofit and foundation leaders, wealth managers, estate attorneys and other philanthropic advisors

Sean Davis is the Founder and Managing Partner of Merton Capital Partners. Merton is an early pioneer in philanthropic private equity, advising the wealthy on investing their philanthropy in partnership with large companies to solve significant social and environmental issues. He started his career with J.P. Morgan in New York and then joined Advent International, a leader in international private equity, helping to develop its office in Brazil. Mr. Davis then joined Saratoga Partners in New York and was dedicated to leveraged buyout opportunities and restructurings. He was recently the Development Director for The Salvation Army of Palm Beach County.

Mr. Davis graduated from The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and earned an MBA from the London Business School. He is the author of Solving the Giving Pledge Bottleneck, one of the Top 12 Forbes Must Have Books And Podcasts For Leaders In 2023. He is an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach Atlantic University, a TEDx speaker, and an advisor to various nonprofits