Gabriel Kasper

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Title/Organization: Consultant, Monitor Institute
About Me: Gabriel Kasper is a consultant at the Monitor Institute, a San Francisco, New York, and Cambridge-based think tank and consultancy that focuses on philanthropy and social change. At the Institute, Gabriel works with funders to help them understand emerging patterns of innovation and adapt to the changing context for their efforts. Before joining Monitor in 2004, he was the program officer for philanthropy at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, where he was responsible for developing the foundation’s strategy for increasing the effectiveness of philanthropy as a field and managing its grantmaking in that area. Gabriel has more than a dozen years of experience as a consultant, providing applied research, program design, and strategic advising services to foundations and nonprofits, and working with corporations and international agencies. He is co-author of the Monitor publications "On the Brink of New Promise: The Future of U.S. Community Foundations," "Intentional Innovation," and "Working Wikily: Social Change with a Network Mindset." He has also written numerous articles on other aspects of philanthropy, including diversity, emerging technology trends, social investing, foundation collaboration, community development, and the growth of philanthropy in communities of color.