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In Italy and aound the old many people ae able to GIVE. Tese people

ae eady to give something o themselves to othes and to etun to society

pat o hat they built in society though thei ok, thei commitment

and thei ceative and entepeneuial skills. Tey ae manages, pivate

citizens, and companies eady to donate thei time, thei skills, thei

commitment and thei esouces to those ho have had dieent oppotunities.It is an exchange that tansoms all and geneates pactical changes in

society. Contempoay philanthopy is a simple but evolutionay concept

that is capable o poducing extaodinay global economic change.

In Italy and aound the old, many people ae able to INNOVAE.

Entepeneus ho undestand the social value o thei ok, ho is k

and ceate, ho coss the ne onties o innovation and tansom

ne ideas into goods and sevices o the community.

And also ceative social entepeneus ho ae exploing ne paths, ne

ays to pomote deve lopment and ensu e that poo communitie s can

expeience thei on ay to live and pospe. hese social entepeneus,

geneous and couageous, ae able to eceive and tansom hat they

eceive into something that ceates on-going development and a utue

o thei communities. hey ae “common heoes” ho leveage ne technologies to addess poblems o povety, enegy, ate and ood

shotages to ind ne and oten unusual educational and social espons es

to the cises o ou time. his amy o innovatos countebalances

the negative eects o uneven globalization ith concete actions.

hese innovative entepeneus and social entepeneus should be among

those entusted ith the implementation o the “Millennium Goals”

established by the intenational community to ight povety in the old.

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Anything can happen and eveyone can make a dieence.

Eveyone can innovate. Eveyone can give. Uman Foundation

ill make a dieence by eectively connecting these

ealities: ceative entepeneus, moden philanthopy

o “giving back to society”, and social entepeneus.

Te Uman Foundation connects these to olds: on the one hand the

people ho undestand the impotance o giving, and on the othe, the ondeu l poe o the innovatos , ceative entepeneus and social

entepeneus. Tese uneasonable people (as Pamela Hatington calls the

social entepeneus in he book “Te Poe o Uneasonable People”) ae

able to tansom impossible challenges into tangible ealities and e xpeiment

ne ays to ceate ealth. By combining (i) the ability to innovate ith

the poe o giving, though a system capable o enhancing innovation

and entepeneuial isk, and (ii) a poeul mechanism o oganized

philanthopy, poound change can occu.



HE POwEr OF GIVING

Te Uman Foundation has the ambition o PrOMOING HE

CULUrE OF GIVING, inceasing connections in Italy - geneous

county but oten disoganized and disconnected om global philanthopicpolicies - beteen those illing to donate esouces, time, and expetise ith the

expeience o those ho, in developing counties, have aleady made concete

innovative plans to oste “human development” as dened by Amatya Sen.

One example - among many ho Uman intends to suppot - is t he Baeoot

College. Te college ounded by Bunke roy in India, hee goups o

illiteate omen, om ual vil lages aound the old, ae tained to become

“sola enginees” aband to sola electiy thei communities.

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and joins eots ith those o lage oganizations, such as the United Nations o

the wold Bank hich conscious o past mistakes, ae inceasingly developing

collaboative pojects in pivate public patneships. At the intenational level,

thee ae impotant oundations, copoations and enlightened individualinnovatos ho have undestood the impotance o investing in social entepise,

hich combines social impact and economic sustainability, ceating a sot o

“Philanthocapitalism”.

In Italy, philanthopy has a dieent histoy . Many people, oganizations,

eligious and secula institutions, and businesses act geneously and ith a

commendable eot. And yet the nancial esouces made available ae not

alays used eectively. we believe that the impact o thei actions could incease

by making use o stategies and eective models o oganized philanthopy

aleady established elsehee. Italy has alays expessed a stong commitment

to geneosity, but has not yet developed an intenational ole in the ecosystem

o “philanthocapitalism”. we believe this is the moment o ou county to be

pesent on the stage o moden and global philanthopy. Te Uman Foundation

is the tool to link geat Italian philanthopy and intenational donos , pivate and

institutional, in ode to bette oganize and steamline some o these impotantcontibutions. Tis can only happen by binging poessional skills into the eld

o philanthopy, along the lines o intenational standads. Uman aggegates, in

the om o an Advisoy Boad, some o the most inuential gues in the eld o

philanthopy o sustanable development oldide. Te Advisoy Boad, helps

the Foundation plan its activities and select those global pojects ith the highest

impact, innovativeness, ability to sel-sustain, and those most likely to leveage

the capital om othe eputable institutions.

Uman suppots the ceative poe o Giving, by backing pojects that can tun

the impossible into the possible and by moving in and out o the dimension o the

maket economy. we ant to suppot social innovatos and entepeneus ho

expess on a daily basis thei condence in the utue though thei ceativity.Te Uman Foundation encouages ne paths to human development, leveaging

those ho popose bold and ambitious initiatives to impove the quality o

lives. Uman looks pimaily to the Aican counties, tuning to the innovatos

ho pioneeed the use o ne technologies, ne models o coopeation and o

economic development. we ant to invest in them. Te stength o these people

and these companies epesent the populsive enegy that ceates a vituous cicle,

beteen the geneosity o the giving and the innovation in edistibuting. we

live in the time o the digital and envionmental evolution, and also in the

time o social and entepise innovation hee stuctued philanthopy has an

equally amazing tansomation poe. Italy should not emain on the sidelines

o these tansomations. Te Uman Foundation suppots human development

though ne instuments that make ventue philanthopy a bidge beteen

lage nancial esouces - institutions, companies and amily ofces - and big

achievable deams.

In the old, especially in the so-called Anglo-Saxon “ich west”, geat

philanthopists such as Gates, Skoll, and many othes, ae at the oeont,

utilizing thei ealth, in ecognizing and encouaging economic, social,

cultual and spiitual change. Oten, though it is no coincidence, these geat

philanthopists and thei companies ae also playes in the onties o innovation.

Oganized philanthopy is emeging in counties such as India, Bazil, South

Ameica moe boadly and moe ecently in some Aican counties. Oganized

philanthopy coodinates ith the ceativity and divesity o the pivate secto



HE POwEr OF INNOVAING

Anothe impotant objective o the Uman Foundation is to pomote the

CULUrE OF INNOVAION in Italy; making innovation the tool o

sustainable goth in ou county, ou economy and ou society. Innovating

and innovation-diven entepeneuship ae among the conditions necessay

to evive Italy , building o Italy a ole in the old’s development path and

edistibution o ealth.

In Italy, unotunately, the tools designed to suppot the couageous and innovative

entepeneus, pomoting the cultue o isk and o innovation ae eak. Public

policies uctuate and pivate initiatives ae oten inadequate. we isk little and

e ventue even less. In many othe counties (including those ithin Euope)

e have identied eective policies that ae chaacteized by a vituous mix o

instuments that have been able to aggegate elevant pivate esouces (ventue

capitalists, angels...) and suppot ne entepeneuial initiatives (stat-up’s).

Te Uman Foundation ants to contibute to shape such an ecosystem in ou

on county. Te Uman Foundation does not invest in stat-up’s no pomote

specic ventue capital unds; athe the Foundation suppots the development o

ventue unds and angel goups, encouaging innovation, isk and a cultue that

is entepeneuial, ceative and couageous. we ant to sponso in ou county

the ceation o a tue Statup Italy platom along the lines o hat as ceated

in the United States ith the Statup Ameica Patneship.

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PrOMOING IN IALY HE CULUrEOF MODErN PHILANHrOCAPIALISM

Uman pomotes in Italy and in Euope the cultue o giving

back , stimulating a cultua l debate on the shotage in ou county

o oganized philanthopy, typical in Anglo-Saxon models, and

aguing o the ceation o such moden philanthopic systems.

Uman suppots the debate though the pomotion o public

meetings and events. Uman pomotes the ceation o a netok

o oundations hee existing Italian philanthopists can moe

easily connect to moe stuctually oganized philanthopic eots

on a global scale. Tough this Italian netok, e can also

om ne poessionals in the eld o philanthopy. o achieve

these objectives, Uman has established pemanent coopeative

elationships ith majo moden philanthopic oundations,stuctues, public and pivate entities, hich opeate on a global sca le.

Uman is committed to:

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COLLEC FUNDS AND SKILLSFOr PHILANHrOPIC INIIAIVES

Uman catalyzes resources and energy in a und: “Uman Donors

Fund”. Te Uman Donos Fund collects resources rom private

citizens, managers, companies and amily oces and awards grants

to support social entrepreneurs and the most interesting projects,

especially in Aica, ocusing on the ceative potential o omen and

men ho ide on the cest o innovation. Te Uman Donos Fund ostes

poduct innovation and pocess innovation to enhance the talents o those

ho ae able to tigge and implement change in those communities e

ill suppot. Uman coopeates ith leading intenational oganizations

in allocating esouces toads activities o the Uman Donos Fund

aleady in place, thus multiplying the positive eects. Uman ill launch

a ime Bank poject that ill collect the availability o those ho can oe

skills and expetise to suppot innovative pojects o human development.

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INVES IN INIIAIVES wIH SOCIAL IMPAC

Uman plans to create new instrument o fnancial investment by osteing

the ceation o an additional und, “Uman Positive Impact Investment

Fund”. Te und ill be managed accoding to a equiement o

potability, investing in potable companies in developing counties

ith high social impact chaacteized by “positive social impact”.

Tese ae companies that develop poducts and sevices o education,

health, enegy consevation, ate and ood supplies. Tis will make it

possible to solve social problems while simultaneously developing

modern management and adopt business models that can generate

profts and growth. Te und ill opeate ithin the GIIN (Global

Impact Investing Netok), hich involves among othes, the Acumen

Fund, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Deutsche Bank,

JPMogan, the rockeelle Foundation and the Skoll Foundation.

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PrOMOING HE CULUrEOF INNOVAION IN IALY

Te Uman Foundation in Italy promotes a culture o innovation

and risk, encouraging creativity and enterprise development

amongst the young population. Uman stimulates a cultual debate

ithin ou county aound the geneal absence o ventue capital and

business angels. Uman is sponsoing the constuction o the Statup

Italy platom in collaboation ith othe intenational oundations

dedicated to innovation such as the Kauman Foundation, hich

paticipated in the launch o the Statup Ameica Patneship. Uman

pomotes the goth o the necessay tools to develop innovation such

as incubatos o ne companies, ventue capital unds, business angel

associations and tax exemption policies o innovative companies.

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Uman Foundation afms the Poe o Giving

by encouaging ne paths to human development.





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